According to the first-ever survey fielded by RAND's new American Youth Panel (AYP), 49% of students in middle and high school grades reported losing interest in math about half or more of the time, and 75% of youths reported ...
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Jun 17, 2025
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When trying to teach a complex subject, sometimes the best strategy is to wrap it in something familiar. Like a burrito.
Mathematics
Jun 16, 2025
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During his Ph.D. research, mathematician Tyron Lardy worked on a new approach to hypothesis testing. Instead of the traditional p-value, he uses so-called e-values. These turn out to be more flexible—especially when you ...
Mathematics
Jun 16, 2025
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Using AI to analyze brain scans of students solving math problems, researchers offer the first-ever glimpse into the neural roots of math learning disabilities.
Mathematics
Jun 10, 2025
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It's an old joke that there are three kinds of people in the world: those who are good at math and those who aren't.
Mathematics
Jun 6, 2025
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AI is transforming every industry, from medicine to film to finance. So, why not use it to study one of the world's most revered ancient texts, the Bible?
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Jun 5, 2025
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The gender gap in education doesn't always disadvantage women. In countries like Estonia, Iceland, or Sweden, women outperform men in key indicators such as tertiary education and lifelong learning. But that, too, is a gender ...
Mathematics
Jun 5, 2025
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A research team has developed a novel method for estimating the predictability of complex dynamical systems. Their work, "Time-lagged recurrence: A data-driven method to estimate the predictability of dynamical systems," ...
Mathematics
Jun 4, 2025
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Students' perceptions of their mathematical identity can provide insight into why some lose motivation or underperform in math. "The background of the research project MATHMot is that we know less about how motivation for ...
Mathematics
Jun 3, 2025
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A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years puzzled archaeologists until they noticed something unique—the etchings, lines like tally marks, may have represented prime numbers. Similarly, ...
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