Organizational strategies that help students break complex word problems into manageable chunks may be the key to solving them, according to a 2025 study.

An idiom that is interesting both in its literal sense and figurative sense is “squaring the circle”. This is a task in geometry that aims at constructing a square that has the same area ...

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In Central Falls, R.I., teachers are trying new strategies that move away from focusing on “key words,” the traditional, simplistic approach that often leads younger students astray CENTRAL FALLS, R.I ...

A.I.’s math problem reflects how much the new technology is a break with computing’s past. By Steve Lohr In the school year that ended recently, one class of learners stood out as a seeming puzzle.