Math teachers have to accommodate high school students' different approaches to problem-solving. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images Among high school students and adults, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...

Learn how to slow down, challenge assumptions, and pinpoint what’s really going wrong. Corey Phelps, the dean of Penn State’s Smeal College of Business, says great problem solvers are hard to find.

For elementary students, math problem-solving often feels like a puzzle without all the pieces. They know there’s a solution somewhere, but they can’t quite see how it all fits together. Behind every ...

Think you have a sharp mind? Part 2 of our Logic Test Quiz is here to put your reasoning skills to the ultimate test. From number puzzles and sequences to tricky riddles and brain teasers, every ...

Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail. The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn't asked for the Cologuard test, and his doctor hadn't mentioned anything about ...

CAMBRIDGE, England — When two researchers at the University of Cambridge challenged ChatGPT with a classic puzzle from ancient Greece, they found that the model sometimes behaved less like a search ...

1 Mathematics Department, Halil Inalcık Science and Art Center, Ministry of National Education, Bursa, Türkiye 2 Elementary Education Department, Education Faculty, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, ...

From left, Adalae Reifinger, Luke Swanson, Maggie Huber and Addie Armstrong present during FutureSolve Multiple districts — High-schoolers from throughout Kent County got to offer up creative ...

Do we still need the states? For the moment, yes. The daily parade of horrors flowing from the White House makes states a vital part of the resistance. Over time, however, the states will not save us ...