NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about "scuba-diving" lizards, a trick to turn a mouse's skin transparent and whether finger counting helps kids' math skills.

Preschool teachers have different views on finger counting. Some teachers consider finger counting use in children to signal that they are struggling with math, while others associate its use as ...

A simple finger trick for the 11 times table is helping secondary school students aged 12 to 16 improve mental arithmetic skills. By separating two-digit numbers, adding the digits, and inserting the ...

If you ask a small child a simple maths question, such as 4+2, they may count on their fingers to work it out. Should we encourage young children to do this? This seemingly simple question is ...

Adults tend to want their children to outgrow using their fingers to solve number problems. "The finger technique is considered to be a less intelligent way of counting and calculating," Aditya ...

India, Nov. 24 -- Children who start using their fingers early are more likely to become better at calculating later, a Swiss study has found. Should parents and teachers rethink the stigma around ...