A new organization aimed at sharing knowledge and research on how to best teach Math will soon bring Ontario’s Math researchers and teachers closer together. The Knowledge Network for Applied Education Research (KNAER) and the Mathematics Knowledge Network (MKN) were...
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Western University researchers earn national NSERC awards
One unravels how young children learn math; the other has helped provide a solution to an impending isotope shortage that threatens medical diagnostics worldwide. Western University’s Daniel Ansari and Michael Kovacs both garnered high-profile national awards issued...
Western neuroscience study reveals new link between basic math skills and PSAT math success
New research from Western University provides brain imaging evidence that students well-versed in very basic single digit arithmetic (5+2=7 or 7-3=4) are better equipped to score higher on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT).