Exposure to general anaesthestic up to age four raises the risk of poor child development and reduced literacy and numeracy as measured by school tests, new research reveals. The new finding published ...

British Educational Research Journal, Vol. 29, No. 5, 'In Praise of Educational Research' (Oct., 2003), pp. 655-672 (18 pages) The authors contest a politician's claim that the National Numeracy ...

TORONTO, Sept. 25, 2014 /CNW/ - At a time when numeracy is an essential skill for work and life in general, the development and assessment of numeracy skills in Ontario's college and university ...

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What do we mean by Literacy and Numeracy relative to young children ? We used to think of Literacy as the skill of reading and writing when children were 'ready' to learn. Today we understand that ...

Research indicates that repetition and distributed practice effectively fires and rewires the brain, thereby strengthening memory and improving learning potential. This approach aims to develop and ...

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