This article is a review of the research studies on the teaching of the metric system and measurement. The method is descriptive and the data consist of the results of research studies. All studies ...

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics ...

The admirable report of Michel Lepelletier on education, found after his death, was read before the Convention, and a series of measures for a three-grade system of education — primary schools, ...

Balancing act The two systems of measurement – imperial and metric – are often used together in UK shops. (Courtesy: iStock/Paolo Paradiso) When I was at primary school in the 1960s, measurements were ...

The week of Oct. 10 – that's 10/10 – is National Metric Week because the metric system is based on powers of 10. To change from one unit to another within the system, one has only to move the decimal ...

The Georgia Department of Education unveiled its new way of measuring student and school progress this week, along with a new interactive web tool that makes school-level data easily accessible to ...