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Davis, Brent – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2015
For centuries, the basic operations of school mathematics have been identified as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Notably, these operations are "basic," not because they are foundational to mathematics knowledge, but because they were vital to a newly industrialized and market-driven economy several hundred years…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Units of Study, Teaching Methods, Fundamental Concepts
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Banerji, Rukmini; Chavan, Madhav – Journal of Educational Change, 2016
Pratham's "Read India" initiative is a large-scale intervention to improve basic learning and arithmetic among children in primary school. It was started almost 10 years ago and has evolved considerably over time. Currently, this initiative uses two strategies. The first strategy is to work directly with village communities and local…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Literacy Education, Mathematics Instruction, Intervention