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 also finds that the 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. In a study of elementary…
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 to research from Purdue University.…
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 between individuals’ concepts of their…
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 York University now sheds light…
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 maths. But a new research…
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 May 2017 of the Journal…
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 teach our children is to…
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 a study conducted by the…
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 with a quick computer game.…