Basic algebraic problems involve one or two steps. More difficult ones involve forming equations and solving them before using the answer in some way. Most algebraic problems will involve forming an ...

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, ...

In the context of a larger research project we collected thinking-aloud protocols from pupils of secondary schools when they tried to solve mathematical problems. Pupils solved arithmetic story ...

Abstract: Recently, researchers in the field of math word problem (MWP) solving have reported performance metrics for various large language models (LLMs) on benchmark datasets, with some models ...