In a new paper, Stanford professor Jo Boaler argues that math teachers should use more visual approaches in their classrooms, including encouraging students to use their fingers to count and represent ...

Children who count on their fingers between ages 4 and 6 1/2 have better addition skills by age 7 than those who don't use their fingers, suggesting that finger counting is an important stepping stone ...

Finger counting: friend or foe? Preschool teachers are divided. Some see it as a sign kids are stuck, while others view it as a powerful math tool. A new study by researchers in Switzerland and France ...

Preschool teachers have different views on finger counting. Some teachers consider finger counting use in children to signal that they are struggling with math, while others associate its use as ...

Preschool teachers have different views on finger counting. Some teachers consider finger counting use in children to signal that they are struggling with math, while others associate its use as ...

Counting on fingers in primary school is not a sign of weakness but an important tool for learning mathematics, according to a long-term study by researchers in Switzerland published in Developmental ...

Children who count on their fingers between ages 4 and 6 1/2 have better addition skills by age 7 than those who don’t use their fingers, suggesting that finger counting is an important stepping stone ...

Finger-counting is a key "stepping stone" to higher math ability for youngsters, say scientists. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, sports, arts & entertainment, state legislature ...

"Hands behind your back!" When my teacher back in early grade school would see me counting with my fingers when solving Math problems, she would snap and tell me just that. I could never figure out ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about "scuba-diving" lizards, a trick to turn a mouse's skin transparent and whether finger counting helps kids' math skills.