PITTSFIELD — It might have been barely 8 a.m., but on Tuesday morning, the students in Kelsey Falkowski's sixth-grade math class at Reid Middle School were on point. They walked in, took their seats ...

As their assignments become more complicated, you might start to feel that your child's math homework is outpacing your comfort level. Continue to review math materials with him before class and ...

Want to help your sixth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your sixth-grader will be learning in the classroom. In a herd of horses, the ratio of legs to tails is 4 to 1 (or 4:1) because ...

“I think subject acceleration helps a lot. It challenges us and gives us what we need. I’d rather be challenged to where I’m learning - even if it means I don’t always get straight A’s. I think moving ...

This article presents a Vygotsky-inspired analysis of how a teacher mediated a "thinking aloud" whole-group discussion in a 6th grade mathematics classroom. This discussion centered on finding ...

Mark Stier, a sixth-grade math teacher at the Willmar Middle School for more than 25 years, takes a rather unique approach to teaching. Here is a quick question and answer on how he structures his ...