“I was curious to establish a baseline for when LLMs are effectively able to solve open math problems compared to where they ...
Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...
Math teachers have to accommodate high school students' different approaches to problem-solving. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Among high school students and adults, ...
This story originally appeared in the February 2025 issue of Texas Monthly as part of our public-education feature, “What Our Schools Actually Need.” Humans have been learning math for thousands of ...
This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it ...
As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, ...