JACKSONVILLE, Florida -- "Divide, multiply and subtract! Break it on down and bring it on back." If you say it enough, you'll probably have it memorized in no time. At least, that's the goal for some ...

I closed my recent post, So Long, Long Division, by asking you to either join me in acknowledging that long division is a meaningless math procedure or to share reasons students should learn long ...

With the possible exception of fractions, no elementary math topic or skill stresses students out more than long division does. And it’s so unnecessary--not just the stress, but the skill. Think about ...

Nadine Ebri is the type of teacher who subscribes to the philosophy: Whatever it takes to help my students learn, I will try it. Even if it means letting them rap and dance to learn long division. A ...

Long division is something most people have probably forgotten, but after this video it'll be hard to forget. On Monday, video of an entire math class performing a long division problem to a hip-hop ...

"If school’s not fun for them, it’s not fun for me either," she said. — -- One Florida teacher is using a catchy song to teach her 4th-graders long division. The innovative teaching technique is ...

Today, most educational systems are designed to work from the microscopic to the macroscopic. Students learn facts and figures and tiny fractions of knowledge long before anyone really puts things ...