If you are interested in learning about the easiest math problems that look hard, then you have come to the right place. Many people consider mathematics to be tough, and if you are one of them, then ...

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Today marks the much-anticipated nationwide release of “The Martian,” a science-fiction film directed by Ridley Scott about a NASA astronaut who has to survive on Mars after being accidentally left ...

Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 81, No. 1 (September 2012), pp. 47-65 (19 pages) The present study aims to investigate the effects of a design experiment developed for third-grade students in ...

Researchers tested a research-based intervention with English learners with math difficulty. The intervention proved to boost comprehension and help students synthesize and visualize information, ...

This study investigates students' approaches to contextual word and story problems. It shows that problems in school mathematics do not become contextual by embedding them in more descriptions of ...

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 ...