Series: Hear from the Experts
Kids Understand the Probabilities of Possibilities Better Than Adults Do
Why Your 4-Year-Old Is As Smart as Nate Silver
Slate Magazine
"As we get older [the beliefs we bring to a problem], rationally enough, get stronger and stronger. We rely more on what we already know, or think we know, and less on new data. In some studies we’re doing in my lab now, my colleagues and I found that the very fact that children know less makes them able to learn more."
Go to linkRecent research suggests that young children’s first ideas about math might be in the form of very basic statistics.