Recently, there has been a lot of hullabaloo about the idea that large reasoning models (LRM) are unable to think. This is ...
In a world dominated by algorithms, it's common to associate them with a negative bias. Mathematician Clara Grima defends ...
Yesterday's Wordle answer (game #1593) was… GLARE. If Tuesday's HOLLY was just about as complicated and difficult as Wordle ...
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 ...
Word problems try and tell students a story about the math problem in front of them. They are a useful way to connect abstract numbers to concrete situations, so students can learn early on to apply ...
American universities are experiencing a noticeable decline in the mathematical proficiency of incoming students, as highlighted by MIT and Harvard professors. This decline has led to the introduction ...
Abstract: We present a multi-way parallel corpus of Math Word Problems (MWPs) in nine languages, including six low-resource languages. To date, this is the largest multilingual MWP dataset available.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., argued that if there is a problem with mass illegal immigration, Republicans are the ones to blame. As Democrats continue to reel from the November election loss ...
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 ...