As easy as 1, 2, 3: Number sense correlates with test scores
Sunday, September 7, 2008 - 13:14
in Mathematics & Economics
Knowing how precisely a high school freshman can estimate the number of objects in a group gives you a good idea how well he has done in math as far back as kindergarten, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University found.
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