A new method for boosting the learning of mathematics
Monday, December 23, 2019 - 11:00
in Mathematics & Economics
How can mathematics learning in primary school be facilitated? A recent study conducted by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, had shown that our everyday knowledge strongly influences our ability to solve problems, sometimes leading us into making errors. This is why UNIGE, in collaboration with four research teams in France, has now developed an intervention to promote the learning of maths in school. Named ACE-ArithmEcole, the programme is designed to help schoolchildren surpass their intuition and informal knowledge, and rely instead on the use of arithmetic principles.