Spatial reasoning ability in small children reflects how well they will perform in mathematics later. Researchers recently came to this conclusion, making the case for better cultivation of spatial ...

Walk into most art galleries with children, and you'll hear the familiar refrain "look but don't touch." This instruction reveals something troubling about how cultural institutions understand ...

Most tests and school curricula are primarily suited to the types of students who excel in mathematics and verbal reasoning. The missing factor in testing and education policy is the measurement, ...

Do you marvel at your friend's ability to assemble complex furniture and navigate a new city, or do you all-around groan at your own lack of spatial skills? Don't fret! A new study found that you, too ...

Spatial reasoning connects math to the physical world and includes skills like reading maps, understanding symmetry and building 3D objects. Research indicates that spatial reasoning skills correlate ...

Spatial training with blocks and puzzles could unlock the UK's mathematical potential. A sustained focus on spatial reasoning training could turn the UK into a science, technology, engineering and ...

Conventional testing can underestimate a student’s learning ability. Sociocultural barriers, test anxiety and differences in rates of brain development can skew results. In principle, neuroscience ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about psychology and education research and policy. Albert Einstein, in 1895 at the age of 16, performed one of his famous ...