Study reveals the hidden ways math helps us in everyday life
A psychological intervention implemented to help students cope and learn more in a tough statistics course did more than just help them in the class, a new study found.
A psychological intervention implemented to help students cope and learn more in a tough statistics course did more than just help them in the class, a new study found.
Mathematics
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Educators, policymakers, and parents have begun to focus more on children's math learning in the earliest years. Yet parents and teachers still find it challenging to know which kinds of early math skills merit attention ...
Social Sciences
Dec 6, 2016
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Beginning in early elementary school, boys outperform girls in math - especially among the highest achievers - continuing a troubling pattern found in the late 1990s, finds a new analysis led by NYU's Steinhardt School of ...
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2016
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Parents who excel at math produce children who excel at math. This is according to a recently released University of Pittsburgh study, which shows a distinct transfer of math skills from parent to child. The study specifically ...
Social Sciences
Sep 1, 2016
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Symbols don't always have to be part of the equation to understand math, according to cognitive neuroscientist Elizabeth Brannon.
Plants & Animals
Apr 28, 2016
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"It's OK – not everyone can do difficult math."
Social Sciences
Jun 10, 2015
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High school students who want to ace the math section of the ACT should brush up on their reading skills, according to an Ohio University study.
Social Sciences
May 7, 2015
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Preschool children improve their math skills when their mothers talk to them about math during meal times.
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2015
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A study carried out by the University of Derby has found that LEGO plays a vital role in the development of maths skills in children.
Social Sciences
Nov 27, 2014
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Wanted: Highly skilled individual who is also a team player. In other words, someone who knows his or her stuff and also plays well with others.
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2014
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