You might be better at solving grade-school math problems than AI is. An Apple study found that artificial intelligence models get confused by irrelevant information in math problems. For example, ...

Students often struggle to connect math with the real world. Word problems—a combination of words, numbers, and mathematical operations—can be a perfect vehicle to take abstract numbers off the page.

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 ...

Time to test your brain! Are you a puzzle person? Most of these hard math problems aren’t straightforward arithmetic. They challenge you to look at problems a different way, testing your logic and ...

I enjoyed reading your recent discussion with Alex Baron, “How Much Autonomy Should Teachers Have Over Instructional Materials? ” In particular, I was struck by your skepticism about whether ...

(playful music) (sparkling sound) - Welcome first graders. I'm Mrs. Markovich and I'm so excited that you're here with me today. Today, we're going to take a look at what we'll be doing on our plan.