Children’s arithmetic skills do not transfer between applied and academic mathematics
Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08502-wChildren who learn maths working in markets and children who learn maths only from school were both unable to transfer their skills to new contexts, highlighting a need to reconsider how maths is taught in school.

Nature, Published online: 05 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-024-08502-wChildren who learn maths working in markets and children who learn maths only from school were both unable to transfer their skills to new contexts, highlighting a need to reconsider how maths is taught in school.