A vast number of lesson plans, practice problems, and other resources for teaching elementary-school math are available. But when Maria H. Andersen is teaching future teachers, she says, they often do ...

Most of us have played with Google Maps, whether it be trying to spot our back garden on the satellite view or getting directions to obscure destinations. But how would you use it to teach a maths ...

These days, with smartphones in our pockets, it’s hard to truly get lost. Gone are the days of trying one route and then the next, of stopping to to ask for directions or letting yourself wander ...

There are (at least) two ways to read a paragraph. One way is to conceive of text as a repository of factual information. For example, if you want the date of an event, you can scan for a plausible ...

This clip demonstrates how to use the scale of a map to calculate distance. JOE CROWLEY: Because maps are drawn to scale they’re perfect for working out the exact distance between two features on the ...