The predominantly Asian approach to teaching mathematics in schools, called the "mastery approach," is spreading, largely due to the fact these countries are high-performers on international tests.

Ever-envious of Singapore’s much-heralded success in teaching maths, politicians are keen to see its methodology arriving in UK classrooms. Education minister Elizabeth Truss explained some of the ...

The first conclusive proof that Far Eastern teaching methods can improve UK pupils’ maths performance is revealed in research just published. A study, by UCL Institute of Education and Cambridge ...

England’s top performing maths pupils achieve a very high standard but the bottom performers lag far behind. shutterstock When it comes to maths, many primary school children in the UK are struggling ...

Sir, In reference to Conrad Wolfram’s article (“Stop teaching kids to add up — maths is more important”, October 8), I would like to point out that maths is the foundation of physics, engineering, ...

Lauri Francis asks her 8th graders which terms they don’t understand in the paragraph their classmates just read aloud. “Blind spot,” one says. Ms. Francis writes the two words on the blackboard.