Adult Brain Processes Fractions 'Effortlessly' Date: April 9, 2009 Source: Society for Neuroscience Summary: Although fractions are thought to be a difficult mathematical concept to learn, the ...

Learning fractions in elementary school can be pretty traumatic but for all the gnashing of teeth, it turns out children are intuitively better than adults at comparing fractions. This ability comes ...

Just hearing the F word can cause kids (adults too) to freak out. And if you think about it, there are lots of reasons students feel flummoxed by fractions. For one thing, there's the misleading ...

3rd level Maths Fractions, decimals and percentages learning resources for adults, children, parents and teachers.

Although fractions are thought to be a difficult mathematical concept to learn, the adult brain encodes them automatically without conscious thought, according to new research in the April 8 issue ...