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Study sheds light on child math abilities
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A recent study sheds light on possible ways to improve children’s mathematical abilities based on babies’ instinctive sense of number. According to the new research from the Duke institute for Brain Sciences, babies who are better at telling the difference between large and small groups of items are more likely to be better at math in the future. The paper, published in the Proceedings of the national Academy of Sciences last Monday, suggested that infants’ innate number sense is predicative of their later math achievements. if educators can develop ways to improve number sense at this age, it might improve their future math skills. “We wanted to understand where mathematical cognition comes from,” said elizabeth Brannon, psychology and neuroscience professor and an author on the study. “one of the unique aspects of humanity is the ability for mathematics. We don’t see monkeys and trees do calculus.” Previous studies suggested that general sense of quantity correlates with standardized math scores. The goal of this research is to understand the directionality of this relationship, said Ariel Starr, an author of the study and graduate student in the department of psychology and neuroscience. “Maybe you could have a better number sense, and it’s easier to learn math. or maybe if you are more exposed to math, that sharpens your number sense.” she said. See BABIES page 5
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The DUU Visual Arts Committee put two painted pianos on West Campus as part of the Arts Festival.
The former deputy director for policy planning in the U.S. State Department gave a talk about the military’s recent decision to integrate women into combat Tuesday evening. in July, the U.S. military told Congress that every branch plans to open combat positions to women by 2016, but will maintain current performance and physical standards. Kori Schake, who spoke at the Sanford School of Public Policy, is a research fellow at the hoover institution at Stanford University, a conservative public policy think tank. During former President George W. Bush’s first term, she was the director for defense strategy and requirements on the national Security Council, before working at the State Department from 2007-2008. She also worked as senior policy adviser for the McCain-Palin presidential campaign. The Alexander hamilton Society, a See COMBAT, page 8
Duke report to secure High Point market funding by Zaynah Alam The ChroniCle
A report released by the Duke Center on Globalization, Governance and Competitiveness will be used as a basis for securing government funding for the high Point Market. high Point Market, a biannual furniture exposition in high Point, n.C., generates over $212 million in local and state taxes on top of contributing more than $5.39 million to the regional economy, according to the study, which analyzed the economic impact in a 75-mile radius of the event. lukas Brun, senior research analyst at the DCGGC, presented a full execu-
tive summary on the economic impact of high Point Market at a press conference october 18. The Market released an initial portion of the findings earlier this month. This assessment of high Point Market’s economic value comes soon after a budget proposed earlier this year by Governor Pat McCrory that threatened future government funding for the event, which next takes place in April. Dialogue among legislators and industry members led many to realize the true value of high Point Market was unknown which prompted the study, said Guilford County state representative John Faircloth.
“We came to the realization that we didn’t have a true picture of what was happening,” Faircloth said. “The need became evident and the Market stepped forward and made the arrangement with Duke.” A task group created by the furniture market to educate legislators and industry members about the market initiated the study with the DCGGC, he said. Doug Bassett, chairman of of the board for high Point Market Authority and president of Vaughan-Bassett Furniture, noted the value the
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