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 ...
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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 ...
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Sep 1, 2016
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"It's OK – not everyone can do difficult math."
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Jun 10, 2015
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Preschool children improve their math skills when their mothers talk to them about math during meal times.
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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.
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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.
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Jul 7, 2014
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People who feel intimidated by math may be less able to understand messages about genetically modified foods and other health-related information, according to researchers.
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Feb 27, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The stereotype of lawyers being bad with numbers may persist, but new research by two University of Illinois legal scholars suggests that law students are surprisingly good at math, although those with low levels ...
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Apr 4, 2013
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We know a lot about how babies learn to talk, and youngsters learn to read. Now scientists are unraveling the earliest building blocks of math—and what children know about numbers as they begin first grade seems to play ...
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Mar 25, 2013
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124 + 329 = tummy ache. According to a recent study by Rose Vukovic, NYU Steinhardt professor of teaching and learning, math gives some New York City students stomachaches, headaches, and a quickened heartbeat. In short, ...
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Mar 5, 2013
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