News tagged with math skills
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Math ability is inborn
We accept that some people are born with a talent for music or art or athletics. But what about mathematics? Do some of us just arrive in the world with better math skills than others?
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Students' understanding of the equal sign not equal, prof says
Taken very literally, not all students are created equal — especially in their math learning skills, say Texas A&M University researchers who have found that not fully understanding the "equal sign" in a math problem could ...
Aug 10, 2010 |
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Large study shows females are equal to males in math skills
(PhysOrg.com) -- The mathematical skills of boys and girls, as well as men and women, are substantially equal, according to a new examination of existing studies in the current online edition of journal Psychological Bulletin.
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Oct 11, 2010 |
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Can angelfish do math?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Beauty and brains don't often come together. But angelfish, a species prized by pet fish owners for its bright good looks, might possess math skills, show studies coauthored by Professor Robert ...
Jan 27, 2011 |
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My fair physicist? Feminine math, science role models do not motivate girls
(Phys.org) -- Women who excel in male-dominated science, technology, engineering and mathematic fields are often unjustly stereotyped as unfeminine.
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Apr 25, 2012 |
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Viewing the world through a 'mathematical lens' can help young children learn math
(PhysOrg.com) -- Teaching children mathematics at a young age may be as simple as helping them see how math is all around them.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2012 |
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San Francisco startup makes data science a sport
(AP) -- Strange secrets hide in numbers. For instance, an orange used car is least likely to be a lemon. This particular unexpected finding came to light courtesy of a data jockey who goes by the Internet ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 15, 2012 |
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Worldwide study finds few gender differences in math abilities
Girls around the world are not worse at math than boys, even though boys are more confident in their math abilities, and girls from countries where gender equity is more prevalent are more likely to perform better on mathematics ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 05, 2010 |
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To teach kids math, researcher devises 'brain games'
(Phys.org) -- The world often breaks down into numbers and regular patterns that form predictable cycles. And the sooner children can inherently grasp these patterns, the more confident and comfortable they will be with the ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2012 |
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Bad jobs: Why they make some women bad moms
(PhysOrg.com) -- The kind of job a woman has may be just as important as whether she works or not when it comes to the well-being of her child.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 01, 2009 |
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Early math skills predict later academic success
(PhysOrg.com) -- Continuing research by UC Irvine Distinguished Professor of education Greg Duncan has shed additional light on what constitutes school readiness and which K-5 skills and behaviors predict ...
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Apr 28, 2011 |
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Researchers probe causes of math anxiety
Math problems make more than a few students - and even teachers - sweat, but new brain research is providing insights into the earliest causes of the anxiety so often associated with mathematics.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 19, 2011 |
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Preschoolers' grasp of numbers predicts math performance in school years
A new study published today in the journal PLoS ONE reports that the precision with which preschoolers estimate quantities, prior to any formal education in mathematics, predicts their mathematics ability in elementary school ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Poor 'gut sense' of numbers contributes to persistent math difficulties
A new study published today in the journal Child Development (e-publication ahead of print) finds that having a poor "gut sense" of numbers can lead to a mathematical learning disability and difficulty in ach ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2011 |
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For 4-year-olds, interactions with teacher key to gains
Pre-kindergartners who spend much of their classroom day engaged in so-called free-choice play with little input from teachers make smaller gains in early language and math skills than children who receive input from teachers ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2010 |
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