Researchers also gave children a math test and found that children who scored higher tended to have parents who talked about math more during the observation period.

Recent research has shown that early exposure to math education concepts, activities, ideas, and ‘math talk’ positively impacts later school achievement. Research has also shown that children’s early ...

Her “math talk” routine is key to the students’ understanding. “It helps develop number sense, fluency, place value understanding and, at the same time, gets students to practice language ...

One of the main reasons for the improved scores is a change in the way teachers talk to their students about math, said officials at Robbins Elementary, the district’s one school. Starting last school ...