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14+ hour, 21+ min ago   (414+ words) As a special education teacher, I often encountered students who struggled with solving math problems. Many would simply add all the numbers they saw without grasping what the problems were actually asking. To help, I introduced keywords like “all together…...

1+ day, 53+ min ago   (347+ words) A new study from the University of Kansas explores the role of working memory in word problem-solving for students with and without math difficulties. Researchers found that using interventions to improve working memory can potentially benefit students who struggle with…...

14+ hour, 43+ min ago   (311+ words) Ancient Greek papyri show that people used diagrams to solve and understand practical math problems nearly 2,000 years ago. A study led by Thomas Kelly finds that the drawings helped readers organize numbers, follow calculations, and check results. The research examines…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (463+ words) Increased exposure to peers who believe that boys are innately superior at math can erode girls’ mathematics performance over the course of the academic year, research in Psychological Science suggests. “Gendered beliefs in intellectual abilities had both immediate and prolonged…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (249+ words) How to think about your mathematics preparation Sometimes students build up a lot of emotions about mathematics. This page is meant to help you put things in perspective and think about how to embrace your inner mathematician. Did anyone every…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (614+ words) Drexel's EdD degree program is steeped in research and is a proud R1 Doctoral University by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, the highest level of classification for research activity. The ​EdD ​program ​at Drexel University's School of Education…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (228+ words) Have you ever attended an information session for a private junior high school? At these sessions, some schools will give you a small hint about what will be on this year's exam."We will not be including haiku or tanka…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (997+ words) Everyone knows that arithmetic is true: 2 + 2 = 4. But surprisingly, we don’t know why it’s true. By stepping outside the box of our usual way of thinking about numbers, my colleagues and I have recently shown that arithmetic has biological roots and…...

20+ hour, 49+ min ago   (369+ words) MIT Professor Emeritus Keith H. Johnson, a quantum physicist who pioneered the use of theoretical methods in materials science and later applied his expertise to independent filmmaking, died in June in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was 89. DMSE Professor Harry Tuller, who collaborated…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (22+ words) Citizen Tribune...