Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

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Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...

Want to solve even the toughest math problems without feeling stuck? In this guide, you’ll learn a clear step-by-step method to break down challenging questions, organize given information, choose the ...

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Frustrated by the AI industry’s claims of proving math results without offering transparency, a team of leading academics has ...

Solving word problems is a key component of math curriculum in primary schools. One must have acquired basic language skills to make sense of word problems. So why do children still find certain word ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new way to train artificial intelligence systems to solve complex problems more reliably, particularly those that require ...