Category Archives: Research

Challenge the children in Math

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Read this article in the NYtimes that explains the new research about children and math. We seem to underestimate our little ones so much that they get bored in class and under achieve. When we would challenge them with more complicated math issues they would do well and have an advantage the rest of their lives.

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Test your number sense

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The Johns Hopkins University has received a grant to support their research into the relationship between number sense and math ability. In their own words:

Panamath measures your number sense and approximate number system (ANS) aptitude. Recent research has demonstrated a relationship between performance on this test and basic mathematical ability. Through a grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation, we have made this test publicly available free of charge so that researchers can use it in their studies, educators can assess their students, and anyone of any age can test themselves.

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Various forms of Dyscalculia

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New research shows Children with General Dyscalculia have an impairment in the innate approximate number system, whereas children with Arithmetic Fact Dyscalculia suffer from an access deficit. These findings have implications for researchers’ selection procedures when studying dyscalculia, and also for practitioners in the educational setting.

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