Children’s arithmetic skills do not transfer between applied and academic mathematics
Children’s arithmetic skills do not transfer between applied and academic mathematics
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Many children from low-income backgrounds worldwide fail to master school mathematics1; however, some children extensively use mental arithmetic outside school2,3. Here we surveyed children in Kolkata and Delhi, India, who work in markets (n = 1,436), to investigate whether maths skills acquired in ...