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OYOSUBEB has officially flagged off the distribution of instructional materials to public basic schools across Oyo State.

Toward the end of a math lesson on a sunny Friday in October, fourth-grade teacher D’Atra Howard and math instructional coach LaVeda Gray ducked out of the classroom to huddle. Howard’s students at ...

Adequate attention must be paid to what primary school pupils across the nation are taught especially in what is generally referred to as Basic One which is the first step of their six-year programme.

Science is a subject built on doing. Students learn chemistry through titrations, biology through dissections, physics through motion experiments, and earth science through field observations. That ...

Microsoft Math Solver is a free tool that uses AI to recognize both printed and handwritten math. It’s particularly strong with geometric proofs and interactive graphing, and it pulls learning ...

Alabama’s 2022 law reshaped math instruction at the elementary level by providing money for all schools to hire math coaches ...

Rouble Nagi: Rouble Nagi is a 45-year-old artist and social worker who founded the Rouble Nagi Art Foundation (RNAF). She ...

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Manipulatives can be a powerful tool in any mathematician’s toolbox. Just as we might take a screw or a wrench to fix a squeaky chair, we can use manipulatives to help solve math problems. We may see ...

Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...