Practice, Not Innate Skill, Needed to Learn Maths

by Hans Mühlen 31 Dec 2013 Mathematics
Published in the "Nordic News" section of Nordita News issue 4, 2013

New research at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim could have an effect on how math is taught. If you want to be really good at all types of math, you need to practice them all. You can't trust your innate natural talent to do most of the job for you. This might seem obvious to some, but it goes against the traditional view that if you are good at math, it is a skill that you are simply born with. The results have been published in Psychological Reports. [Read more...]