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Basics of Mathematics
In a way, active working memory allows children to hold together the parts of math problems in their heads. For example, to perform the mental computation 11 x 25 ... with a math word problem ...
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Word Problems Get a Bad Rap in Math Class. Here’s How to Get Them Right
to make word problems more approachable, said Kevin Dykema, the immediate past president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and an 8th grade math teacher in Mattawan, Michigan.
The Hechinger Report on MSN8d
Thrown into the deep end of algebra
In the fall of 2019, four high schools in a San Francisco Bay Area district shook up many of their ninth grade math classes. Students had traditionally been separated into more than five math courses ...
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What the Research Says About Mixed-Ability Algebra Class
In the fall of 2019, four high schools in a San Francisco Bay Area district shook up many of their ninth grade math classes. Students had traditionally ... told me that the district selected ...
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If math is a struggle, Make It Count tutors can help; one-on-one sessions are for young students
Four years ago, Marquies Gray Jr. and his younger brother, Mason, were struggling to solve math problems. Their mother, ...
Why You Might Want to Start Saying Teens’ New Favorite Word Too
Teens are taking slang from the screen to the schoolyard. It’s reshaping the way that they connect with each other and the ...
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Fixing education
The Philippine government is preparing to borrow $150 million (roughly P8.5 billion) from the World Bank (WB) to finance a series of projects aimed at improving public education. According to reports, ...
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This Apple AI study suggests ChatGPT and other chatbots can’t actually reason
The scientists developed a version of the GSM8K benchmark, a set of over 8,000 grade-school math word problems that AI models are tested on. Called GSM-Symbolic, Apple tests involved making simple ...
Education Week6mon
With Larry Ferlazzo
Some students struggle with learning how to function in a classroom. With patience and understanding, teachers can change ...
TechCrunch1mon
Researchers question AI’s ‘reasoning’ ability as models stumble on math problems with trivial changes
How many kiwis does Oliver have? It’s the same math problem, right? And of course even a grade schooler would know that even a small kiwi is still a kiwi. But as it turns out, this extra data ...
The Washington Post on MSN10d
Keeping people alive in the hottest place on Earth
Each summer, European tourists descend on Death Valley, following the alleged footsteps of a famed German author. It’s this ...
Business Insider India1y
ChatGPT failed miserably in Singapore's 6th-grade tests, averaging 16% for math and 21% for science. Days later, it was getting answers right.
During the English test, ChatGPT still ran into problems — this time, with questions containing words that have multiple meanings. One example The Straits Times cited was the word "value." ...