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UC research: Are we all intuitive maths geniuses?
UC research: Are we all intuitive maths geniuses?
Is there mathematical knowledge built in to how we perceive the world? Are all of us essentially geniuses at maths, even if we didn’t do well at maths in school? University of Canterbury psychologists have a Marsden Grant of $705,000 to conduct research to find out.
UC Psychology Professors Randolph Grace and Simon Kemp are investigating the link between our intuitive sense of numbers and formal mathematical ability.
They’ve developed a procedure to teach people to perform algebraic calculations without using numbers. Their aim is to develop better teaching techniques for children struggling with maths.
“They can learn to add subtract, multiply, divide – without knowing what they’re doing … it’s intuitive,” Prof Grace says.
Professor Randolph Grace, Psychology, University of Canterbury, discusses the research project, An Artificial Algebra for Implicit Learning of Mathematical Structure:
https://youtu.be/woyQF9jvk6k
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