Spatial reasoning measured in infancy predicts how children do at math at four years of age, finds a new study. It provides the earliest documented evidence for a relationship between spatial ...

Duke University Talent Identification Program researcher Jonathan Wai has an interesting column in which he questions why our educational system doesn't value spatial reasoning as much as it values ...

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Research and educators agree: playful, hands-on activities can supercharge early math skills. From LEGO builds to board games, interactive play fosters counting, problem-solving, and spatial reasoning ...

From prehistoric pottery designs to the formal proofs of ancient Greece, mathematics has evolved as both an art and a science. Across cultures and centuries, humans have used patterns, geometry, and ...

Spatial reasoning measured in infancy predicts how children do in mathematics at four years of age, says a new study published in Psychological Science. “We’ve provided the earliest documented ...

While boosting kids’ math and verbal skills may draw more attention from parents and educators, spatial reasoning skills play an important -- sometimes overlooked -- role in academic and career ...