As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, ...

Current models of instructional design assume that concepts are (a) classifying rules, (b) components of a more complex network or schema in memory, and (c) evaluated/taught by classification ...

Signed into law last year, House Bill 1084, dubbed the “Protect Students First Act,” prohibits the teaching of nine concepts Republicans consider divisive. By Jim Garrett ...

Common Core’s Focus on Concepts Is Key to Improving Math Education, Report Says By Liana Loewus — August 13, 2015 2 min read ...

There is plentiful science and research to help STEM faculty teach more equitably, including many discipline-specific teaching journals. We also know, for example, that cognitive load is limited: if ...

Professor Andy Adcroft, head of Surrey Business School, said the results showed that spaced learning could be more effective than traditional methods in getting students to understand key concepts.

Virginia's ban on teaching "inherently divisive concepts" about race in K-12 public schools is stirring debate about whether Black history can be taught and whether a newly unified history for all ...

April 28 (Reuters) - Georgia on Thursday joined a growing number of Republican-led U.S. states to ban schools from teaching "divisive" academic concepts about racism. The measures are part of ...

State legislation prohibiting the teaching of so-called divisive concepts is increasingly directed at higher education, not just K-12 schools, according to a new analysis by PEN America. PEN, which ...

Based on our commitments, the following threshold concepts need to be directly addressed through the experiences we offer at TCE (formerly EDT). This will help students shift their thinking about ...