AI models are starting to crack high-level math problems

“I was curious to establish a baseline for when LLMs are effectively able to solve open math problems compared to where they ...
Colorado Public Radio

The pandemic put math skills in a slump. Here’s how one high school teacher is keeping his students moving forward

Tewodrose Nega is trying to find the length of a triangle’s side. “So, I’m guessing we put x over 22 and then we put one-fifth over the other side,” he said, hovering over a piece of paper, madly ...
Education Week

Want Students to Be Better in Science? Bolster Their Math Skills

Students in Kristen Gonsoir’s classroom at Groton Area High School in Groton, S.D., spend a lot of time solving equations together. Early this school year, they passed almost an entire period working ...
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Boys and girls tend to use different strategies to solve math problems, new research shows

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...
Education Week

How Language Development Can Boost English Learners’ Math Skills

The cognitive flexibility that comes from being multilingual can give students a boost in math—if teachers know how to build on English learners’ strengths. Seventy-seven percent of 8th-grade ...
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American students’ math skills raise alarms over global competitiveness

BOSTON – Like a lot of high school students, Kevin Tran loves superheroes, though perhaps for different reasons than his classmates. “They’re all insanely smart. In their regular jobs they’re ...
AOL

If You Can Solve These 24 SAT Math Problems, Your Logic Skills Are Top-Tier

Test your SAT math knowledge with this quiz. This challenge is inspired by the SAT-style math, designed to test your problem-solving and quantitative reasoning skills. From ratios to algebra, geometry ...
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Americans have poor math skills. It’s a threat to US standing in the global economy, employers say

Read full article: Jacksonville property management company to pay for illegally charging military tenants: DOJ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a hospital near Fort Myers Read full article: Lenovo ...
The Hechinger Report

Kindergarten math is often too basic. Here’s why that’s a problem

Two students in Danielle Adler’s kindergarten class at Marcus Hook Elementary School in Marcus Hook, Pa., prepare for an addition problem. Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...
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Math skills plummet at UC San Diego due to COVID chaos, grade inflation: report

・A UC San Diego report reveals a significant spike in freshmen requiring remedial math classes, with the need increasing from 1 in 100 to 1 in 8 students since 2020 due to factors such as COVID ...
The New York Times

Ways to Reverse the Decline in Math Skills

Re “Testing Reveals Alarming Drop in Math Skills” (front page, Oct. 24): At this critical time when there is a dramatic drop in math skills combined with a shortage of qualified mathematics teachers, ...