Despite there being no scientific research to support the idea of a ‘maths person’ 77% of children at secondary school believe that some people are naturally able to do maths better than others. In response to National Numeracy Day (May 16th) the teaching and learning platform Learning by Questions ran a survey with pupils across the UK to see if they could identify the point at which children picked up the cultural myth that there are ‘numbers people’. Click here for more.
