Math before Symbols: Games to Increase School Readiness in Preschoolers (2013-2014)

This project team worked on a variety of research projects aimed at understanding the relationship between math skills before children learn number symbols and school-based math. One project involved working with preschool children to test the effectiveness of an iPad-based game in readying children's math skills. A second set of projects explored the neural basis of early number skills. A third project aimed to produce a pre-Kindergarten children's book based on insights about how children learn math before symbols.

Timing

2013-2014

This project team was originally part of the Education & Human Development theme of Bass Connections, which ended in 2022. 

Team Leaders

  • Elizabeth Brannon, Arts & Sciences: Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Heekyoung Hahn, Arts & Sciences: Mathematics

Graduate Team Members

  • Cynthia Wang, Medical Student

Undergraduate Team Members

  • Andy Ball, Computer Science (AB)
  • Crystal Chiang, Neuroscience (BS)
  • Florian Craan, Psychology (AB)
  • Seamus Fitzpatrick, Economics (BS); Psychology (AB2)
  • Rachel Freedman
  • Cayley Larimer, Psychology (AB)
  • Rachel Roberts, Psychology (BS); Biology (BS2)
  • Arjan Saraon
  • Chandra Swanson, Evolutionary Anthropology (BS); Global Health (AB2)

Themes