Students in some local elementary schools are learning a completely different way of doing multiplication. It’s a technique that many parents can’t understand. It’s called lattice multiplication. The ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A mental math system developed in the 1800's is helping some local students ace standardized tests and win math competitions. But the method isn't taught in most Houston schools.

Here’s a shout out to fellow gray-hairs who learned math the “old-fashioned” way, by memorizing simple formulas along with facts about addition and multiplication. This technique is anathema in ...

Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/88188852/88188832" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> A ...

The June 8 Metro article "A 'math miracle' or miscalculation?" noting the decline in Bruce-Monroe Elementary School's 2010 math test scores after the school introduced Singapore method for teaching ...

Neil Goodson and Colin Stevenson, two math majors at the College of Charleston, are using a class project to predict who will win this year's NCAA basketball tournament. Goodson talks with Robert ...