For example, if one side of the screen displayed 3 and 7, the monkey essentially ignored the 3. Only after several weeks did the monkeys learn that they needed to add 3 and 7 together to determine ...

Many students mix up greater than and less than symbols, especially under pressure. This student-friendly guide offers clear ...

Concrete Examples Don't Help Students Learn Math, Study Finds Date: April 25, 2008 Source: Ohio State University Summary: A new study challenges the common practice in many classrooms of teaching ...

The train problem is a classic example. Another is the teaching of probability with rolls of a die, or by asking people to pick red marbles from a bag containing both blue and red ones. The idea ...

To determine if the monkeys were actually doing math or were simply recalling memorized patterns, the researchers tested the monkeys with another addition task utilizing the Tetris-like symbols. If ...