In Preschools in India, Math Games Boost Math Understanding (5 of 6) (IMAGE)

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In Preschools in India, Math Games Boost Math Understanding (5 of 6)

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An example of some problem-solving questions that Dillion et al. presented to preschoolers, in order to test which ones would boost their performance. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the July 7, 2017, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by M.R. Dillon at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., and colleagues was titled, "Cognitive science in the field: A preschool intervention durably enhances intuitive but not formal mathematics."

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M.R. Dillon <i>et al</i>., Science (2017)

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