Teaching Math and the Brain

I thought I would try to get into this conversation, although I am not too sure how to BLOG, so I will just muddle through. I have read a good book, How the Brain Learns Mathematics, by David Sousa. He explains how the brain has a special area called a number module - where number symbols are hardwired - this is located in the parietal lobe.

Now, the language module is in a different place in the brain and it is where the words are stored, including all our "math" words  - I wonder if how we teach these two concepts help link these two parts of our brains -  Now, I am just writing this because I think it is really interesting. I hope to join in other conversations with you.

Marcy Emberger