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.

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Math instructors at community colleges face an uphill battle by many measures: the U.S. Department of ...

Debbie Morgan smiles with pride when a previously underperforming British student gives a correct answer in class after learning math the Shanghai way. "Shanghai math embodies a belief that every ...

A new Math teaching method — Shanghai technique — is the new buzzword in arithmetic classrooms across the world with discussions raging over how to adopt the model locally. Educationists in Hyderabad ...

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 ...