The predominantly Asian approach to teaching mathematics in schools, called the "mastery approach," is spreading, largely due to the fact these countries are high-performers on international tests.

The Chinese "mastery approach" to math teaching is set to roll out in more than 8,000 primary schools in the United Kingdom, with funding of up to 41 million pounds ($54.3 million), to bring pupils up ...

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The United Kingdom government's plan to import Shanghai-style "math mastery" teaching methods to the UK has shown few signs of success in terms of preliminary results, according to a new research ...

Thousands of primary schools in England are to be offered the chance to follow an Asian style of teaching maths. The government is providing £41m of funding to help interested schools to adopt this ...

Most people in this country have probably never heard of the Programme for International Student Assessment, or PISA, as it is better known. Intended for OECD member states and others less wealthy ...

Academics in Yorkshire are leading the way in an evaluation of the government’s plan to bring Shanghai-style “maths mastery” to thousands of schools in the UK – but suggest that cultural and ...

Barbara Oakley, an engineering professor at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., says the key to mathematics expertise is practice, not conceptual understanding as some common-core proponents would ...

New teaching concepts have been brought to the region as part of an exchange programme under way to secure mastery of maths. Did you know with a Digital subscription ...