From the Frontiers press release: New research links specific numerical activities undertaken by parents to certain math skills in young children. Published today in open-access journal Frontiers in Psychology, the study… Read more »
From the Stanford University Medical Center press release: For the first time, scientists have identified the brain pathway that links a positive attitude toward math to achievement in the subject…. Read more »
From the Purdue University press release: Preschool children who engage in math activities at home with their parents not only improve their math skills, but also their general vocabulary, according… Read more »
From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Educational and developmental psychologists have tried to understand how skills and motivation are linked to academic achievement. While research supports ties… Read more »
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: What is the best way to help poor schoolchildren succeed at math? A study co-authored by researchers at MIT, Harvard University, and New… Read more »
From the Frontiers press release: Is it OK for children to count on their fingers? Generations of pupils have been discouraged by their teachers from using their hands when learning… Read more »
From the University of Miami press release: Consumers make poor purchase decisions when they need to work with ratios to assess a product’s value, says a new study published in the… Read more »
From the University of California San Diego press release: Clocks and calendars, sports scores and stock-market tickers — our society is saturated with numbers. One of the first things we… Read more »
From the University of Tübingen press release: Whether parental help has positive or negative effects on students’ academic outcomes depends on the motivation and involvement of their parents. Results of… Read more »
From the Johns Hopkins University media release: Although math skills are considered notoriously hard to improve, Johns Hopkins University researchers boosted kindergarteners’ arithmetic performance simply by exercising their intuitive number sense… Read more »
