Solving arithmetic problems, even simple subtractions, involves mental representations whose influence remains to be clarified. Visualizing these representations would enable us to better understand ...

THE USE OF problem-solving strategies by 59 deaf and hard of hearing children, grades K–3, was investigated. The children were asked to solve 9 arithmetic story problems presented to them in American ...

Junior UCMACS Abacus Mental Arithmetic Skills, a renowned institution in the field of abacus and mental arithmetic training ...

Solving word problems is a key component of math curriculum in primary schools. One must have acquired basic language skills to make sense of word problems. So why do children still find certain word ...

In a recent study, mathematicians from Freie Universität Berlin have demonstrated that planar tiling, or tessellation, is much more than a way to create a pretty pattern. Consisting of a surface ...

Bilingual people rely on visuo-spatial pathways when solving math problems—something not seen in monolingual people. For anyone who’s breezed through literature class yet struggled with algebra, it ...