There is an emerging consensus that spatial thinking plays a fundamental role in how
people conceive, express, and perform mathematics. However, the underlying nature of this …

Numbers are present in every part of modern society and the human capacity to use
numbers is unparalleled in other species. Understanding the mental and neural …

Digital educational games play an increasingly important role in education. However,
multiple questions about the effectiveness of educational games with respect to cognitive …

Achievement in different domains, such as academics, music, or visual arts, plays a central
role in all modern societies. Different psychological models aim to describe and explain …

Research has shown that difficulty adaptation is a promising instructional technique in digital
game-based learning. Nevertheless, although the strength and direction of difficulty …

We examine a potential mechanism underlying the relation between executive function (EF)
skills and mathematics achievement in early childhood. Across two samples of three-to six …

This study investigated the longitudinal associations between children's early mathematics
and their home numeracy environment (HNE). Chilean children from families who varied …

Young children's math learning opportunities in families appear to relate to long-term math
achievement and attitudes. While there is growing interest in promoting families' support of …

The onus on the average person is greater than ever before to make sense of large amounts
of readily accessible quantitative information, but the ability and confidence to do so are …

Mathematics skills are associated with future employment, well-being, and quality of life.
However, many adults and children fail to learn the mathematics skills they require. To …