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Podcast: Knowledge for Teachers
Episode: S03E12 - Daniel Ansari on Number Sense, Fluency and Understanding Math Difficulties
Description:
What do young children really need to understand about numbers? And why do some students struggle so much with maths—even from the very beginning?
In this insightful episode, I’m joined by Professor Daniel Ansari, a leading cognitive neuroscientist whose work has shaped how we understand early mathematical development. We explore what number sense actually is, why symbolic understanding is so important and how to build arithmetic fluency without creating anxiety.
Daniel also unpacks key ideas around subitising, dyscalculia and the role of spatial reasoning in maths success. If y...