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Formula written for math success
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Mastery of fractions and early division is a predictor of students’ later success with algebra and other higher-level mathematics, based on a study done by a team of researchers led by a Carnegie
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America Needs to Study Fractions
Scientific American: What part of math was most intimidating when you were in grade school? Maybe it was fractions. Or even worse, long-form division. Somehow splitting numbers really seemed complicated. And the U.S. might be
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Knowledge of Fractions and Long Division Predicts Long-Term Math Success
From factory workers to Wall Street bankers, a reasonable proficiency in math is a crucial requirement for most well-paying jobs in a modern economy. Yet, over the past 30 years, mathematics achievement of U.S. high
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Study of the Day: Social Inequality May Foster Distrust, Cheating in School
The Atlantic: PROBLEM: It’s unclear which factors influence how dishonest people. Does the tendency to cheat lie in people’s genes or psychological makeup? Or are environmental factors more to blame? METHODOLOGY: To uncover the roots
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Google searches for “Free Term Paper” expose cheating in income inequality states
KALW Public Radio: A new study published in the journal Psychological Science shows a correlation between college students that come from states with high income inequality and students that cheat. The researcher, Lukas Neville, is
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Preschool Has Big Advantages for the Disadvantaged
It may seem obvious that preschool helps kids perform better in later grades. But most studies to date have produced limited conclusions about how the preschool environment impacts a child’s academic success. A recent Psychological
