For decades, educators have assumed that learning arithmetic in school helps students solve real-world problems. Yet, a new ...

DePiper emphasizes that today’s elementary math better prepares students for real-life use. “No one in the real world [recites] odd numbers one through 37, so that isn't actually preparing ...

“In a subsequent study, we raised the complexity level of real-life math problems and only 10% of school children were able to solve for these,” Ms. Duflo said. In addition to this, a concrete ...