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The Algebra Word Problem Tutor: Mixture Problems 2009 Watchlist Word problems lose some of their mystery with this helpful series geared toward algebra students. This step-by-step instructional ...

Word problems lose some of their mystery with this helpful series geared toward algebra students. This step-by-step instructional focuses on number relations and demonstrates how to glean pertinent ...

I have spent 4 years working on nothing but studying how to teach students to write algebra expressions given a word problem. This task is very important since a student can't make any use of all the ...

Math homework help websites are the topic of our blog post today! Mathematics, often regarded as the universal language, can also be a source of confusion and frustration for many students. But, don’t ...

We propose a new evaluation for automatic solvers for algebra word problems, which can identify mistakes that existing evaluations overlook. Our proposal is to evaluate such solvers using derivations, ...

If Ms. Smith’s 8th grade algebra class works through 10 word problems in an hour, and Ms. Jones’ class works through 10 equation problems during the same time, which class is likely to learn more math ...

Although algebra is a prerequisite for higher mathematics, few studies have examined the mathematical and cognitive capabilities that contribute to the development of algebra word problems solving ...

“Danny has 564 tomatoes. He then buys 623 carrots. How long will it take him to get home?” This scenario is what many people picture when we mention word problems. Many educators think they’re taboo.

Abstract: To provide the step by step tutoring service like a human tutor, an intelligent tutoring system (ITS) for math word problem solving (MathITS) is proposed in this paper. The proposed MathITS ...