The Arabic numerals are key

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New research here showed that from all the numeracy you do with the children at home, the Arabic numerals seem to have the most impact on the development of their artithmatic skills.

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Boys and girls share similar math abilities at young ages

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There has been much speculation about whether lower female participation rates in STEM fields can be traced to an innate male superiority in math and science. But a new University of Chicago study wanted to test whether boys and girls actually show different mathematical abilities at their earliest developmental stages.

SPOILER ALERT: The researchers found no major differences in numerical processing between genders, noting “these findings indicate that boys and girls are equally equipped to reason about mathematics during early childhood.”

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MARS and math talks

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Our new MARS system is nothing new, in fact in our link for today we show a page from 2017 with great tips on how to perform math talks. This may help you do a successful math interview via mathstrategy.org

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Numbers and patterns

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the world is full of patterns and numbers, see it all here explained

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Modelling is fun and so useful

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They need to get it into their hands before they can get it into their heads. Well that can be difficult when there is lots of remote teaching going on but here is something we can use to accommodate that. A wonderful web based modeling tool.

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