Do you marvel at your friend's ability to assemble complex furniture and navigate a new city, or do you all-around groan at your own lack of spatial skills? Don't fret! A new study found that you, too ...

Spatial training with blocks and puzzles could unlock the UK's mathematical potential. A sustained focus on spatial reasoning training could turn the UK into a science, technology, engineering and ...

If you're looking for ways to support your child’s learning before he or she even enters a classroom, new research from FIU offers an answer that’s backed by science and surprisingly simple: puzzles, ...

Walk into most art galleries with children, and you'll hear the familiar refrain "look but don't touch." This instruction reveals something troubling about how cultural institutions understand ...

Spatial reasoning connects math to the physical world and includes skills like reading maps, understanding symmetry and building 3D objects. Research indicates that spatial reasoning skills correlate ...

On Tuesday, AEI’s Ryan Streeter hosted a discussion with Jonathan Wai from the University of Arkansas and David Uttal from Northwestern University. Dr. Wai and Dr. Uttal presented findings from their ...

Conventional testing can underestimate a student’s learning ability. Sociocultural barriers, test anxiety and differences in rates of brain development can skew results. In principle, neuroscience ...

A simple classroom activity involving a classic childhood staple, LEGO, could improve children’s maths and spatial ability, leading researchers to demand for policymakers to shake up the school ...

At a time when politics and science are at odds with the truth, conspiracy theories are on the rise and misinformation is rampant, Rutgers researchers say facts do matter and explain why beliefs are ...

Kym Simoncini is part of the Early Learning STEM Australia project funded by the Australian Government. Tracy Logan works for the University of Canberra and is part of the Early Learning STEM ...

A sustained focus on spatial reasoning training could help children learn science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Spatial training with blocks and puzzles could unlock mathematical potential ...