University of Massachusetts Lowell

Research into Math Theory Turns Up Unexpected Results for Assistant Professor

Daniel Glasscock, an assistant professor of mathematics and statistics, tapped two undergraduate students to verify his ...

The Strange Origin of AI’s ‘Reasoning’ Abilities

It involves 4chan, of all places.
Education Week

I Thought I Knew When Students Were Engaged in Math Class. I Was Wrong

“To teach well, you should pay careful attention to what an assignment will make students think about,” Willingham advises, ...
Edutopia

4 Questions That Help Math Students Explain Their Answers

Teachers can use these questions to draw students out and get worthwhile formative assessment responses to guide instruction.
IEEE

Automatic Math Word Problem Generation With Topic-Expression Co-Attention Mechanism and Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: Taking several topic words and a math expression as input, the aim of math word problem generation is to generate a problem that can be answered by the given expression and related to these ...
Science Daily

Study shows addressing working memory can help students with math difficulty improve word problem-solving skills

Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...
IEEE

Toward Automatic Tutoring of Math Word Problems in Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Abstract: Math Word Problem (MWP) solving, which involves solving math problems in natural language, is a prevalent approach employed by Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) for teaching mathematics.