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

Mathbots haven’t done much for K-12 math instruction. Can more sophisticated uses of AI succeed in turning around American ...

Life gets busy, and sometimes those basic math skills from school days get a little rusty. Whether you're budgeting, ...

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We like to think that we're pretty good at math, especially after years of schooling. But every once in a while, a simple third-grade math problem manages to trip us up and make us question our ...

You’re returning to school and are excited about earning your college degree. But then you take a look at your required courses and realize that a math course or two stands between you and the diploma ...

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...

From writing essays to coding, there’s seemingly nothing modern AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot cannot accomplish. But even though they seem limitless on the surface, they’re certainly ...

In California, more students fall behind in math every year they stay in school and the math achievement gap has grown faster ...

Getting students to talk about their thinking process in math can give teachers insight into where they need help. But it’s also a potentially powerful equity strategy, experts say. And as teachers ...

A university report found a sharp rise in first-year students lacking high school math proficiency. At UCSD, where more than ...