Ten things you might not know about the PISA tests by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 14 December 2016 Lucy Rycroft-Smith climbs ten steps up the leaning tower of PISA tests
The sixth sense: a sense of six? by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 19 July 2016 Lucy Rycroft-Smith asks whether number sense is innate - can babies do maths?
Good with digits – does the evidence point to using fingers for maths? by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 24 June 2016 Lucy Rycroft-Smith investigates the correlation between finger gnosia (ability to perceive or recognise one’s own fingers) and mathematical development.
Hold your breadth and plunge into the depths? by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 25 April 2016 A recent article in the Telegraph has alleged that UK schoolchildren are falling behind in maths because lessons in the subject are "a mile wide and an inch deep".