Two effective manipulatives that can be used to support fractions and base 10 learning are base 10 blocks and Cuisenaire rods ...

Teachers often use manipulatives—boxes, shapes, figures and games—which students can handle during in-class activities to explain math and science concepts. A colleague of mine forwarded me a link to ...

Over at Curriculum Matters, my colleague Sean Cavanagh writes about an online site featuring virtual manipulatives for math and science classes. David Wetzel offers a variety of interactive math ...

ENID, Okla. — Take 25 pennies. Now take out six and put them to the side. How many are left? Put three back. How many do you have now? Now put them all together and divide them into five equal piles.

For children who find math difficult or frustrating, or who just like to be challenged, there are many cool math games online to play for free. But are they useful? Research shows that the brain’s ...

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - For 6 years, first-grade teacher Courtney Threatt has been pushing her young learners at Dr. Eugene Sires Elementary school. She says building math understanding and fluency ...