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Boys and girls tend to use different strategies to solve math problems, new research shows

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to ...
Education Week

Should ‘Regrouping’ Be Taught Earlier Under Common-Core Math Standards?

The common-core math standards require that students learn the standard algorithm for multi-digit adding and subtracting—you know, the process in which you line the numbers up vertically to add or ...
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Girls and boys solve math problems differently – with similar short-term results but different long-term outcomes

(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 ...