Cignition Blog / Mathematics

Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVeF) plays a key role in evaluating and connecting appropriate edtech companies to schools. They play an active role in the matching of companies to particular …

Cignition performed its first efficacy study with Math Enrichment, an organization that runs summer schools for approximately 1000 students in the San Francisco Bay Area. That study focused on rising …

Why is math so difficult? Because “doing math” is not a unitary skill. It involves a long list of cognitive abilities, on each of which children vary widely in terms …

Math is a subject that many students struggle with, yet it is one of the most important for many different types of careers, as well as a wide range of …

Dr Jo Boaler is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Stanford University, and the faculty director of youcubed. Her latest book is Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students’ Potential through Creative Math, …

Imagine if a student's first back-to-school math assignment came not in a worksheet, but in the form of a quest, directing them to craft buildings, grow plants, corral their animals, …

It’s common to hear well educated adults declare themselves “not a math person,” sometimes proudly. Indeed, many people of all ages believe that mathematical ability is something you are either born with …

Cignition was honored to be named the only math program among Common Sense Education's 'Best Edtech of 2017' list. Read more at: https://wwwcommonsenseorg/education/top-picks/best-edtech-of-2017 …

Cignition is honored to have received Common Sense Education's highest 5-star rating, only attained by 4% of education programs evaluation. Read the full review, with additional teacher reviews at: https://wwwcommonsenseorg/education/website/fog-stone-isle …

Fractions are a notoriously tricky part of elementary math education for many children. Too often teachers struggle to ensure students are grasping the conceptual underpinnings of this complicated topic, resorting …