As their assignments become more complicated, you might start to feel that your child's math homework is outpacing your comfort level. Continue to review math materials with him before class and ...

Want to help your sixth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your sixth-grader will be learning in the classroom. In a herd of horses, the ratio of legs to tails is 4 to 1 (or 4:1) because ...

KPRC2 is embedded at Fleming Middle School for a second year to document the impact of the new education system. In this week’s Focus on Fleming, KPRC 2 anchor Candace Burns checked in with Mrs.

Middle school is tough. Bodies change. Hormones rage. Algebra becomes a reality. But there are things schools can do to make life easier for students — like this big study we wrote about showing that ...

This article presents a Vygotsky-inspired analysis of how a teacher mediated a "thinking aloud" whole-group discussion in a 6th grade mathematics classroom. This discussion centered on finding ...

Moving up from elementary to middle school can be a big leap for sixth-graders. No longer sitting in one classroom all day, they’re responsible for getting to and from different classes with all of ...

Half of all Grade 6 students in Ontario did not meet the provincial math standard this year, continuing a steady decline in test scores over the past seven years. (EQAO - 2015 Grade 6 exam) New ...