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We've wondered for centuries whether knowledge is latent and innate or learned and grasped through experience, and a new ...

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Question: Why is labeling students “high,” “medium,” and “low” problematic?

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For Mr. Santos, math can also inspire ideas about structures that have already been built — a new way to see and appreciate the world. Inspired by this idea, The New York Times created a virtual tour ...

U.S. students are experiencing a math crisis marked by a decline in scores that began over a decade ago and rapidly ...

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In a remarkable leap for neuroscience, lab-grown mini-brains, or brain organoids, have demonstrated the ability to solve math ...

Baltimore — Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying ...