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.

Lauri Francis asks her 8th graders which terms they don’t understand in the paragraph their classmates just read aloud. “Blind spot,” one says. Ms. Francis writes the two words on the blackboard.

Steve Chinn does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Mark Boylan receives funding from the Department for Education, England for evaluating the Mathematics Teacher Exchange: China-England. When it comes to maths, many primary school children in the UK ...

Half of primary schools will adopt the traditional Chinese method of maths teaching in a Government drive to stop British youngsters falling behind their Asian counterparts. They will ditch ...

When it comes to education, how countries rank against each other in league tables has become a big influence on education policy. And one of the biggest rankings is the Programme for International ...