Task Description: This task involves fine-tuning an LLM (Llama or T5) language model to solve grade school math word problems using the GSM8K dataset. The dataset consists of high-quality math word ...

Unfortunately, I am in this group because I recently got taken to school by my 8-year-old granddaughter, who is in third ...

Eighth grade algebra teacher Rick Riccio helps students with a problem at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga/The Hechinger Report BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period ...

she was placed in algebra 1. She’d already passed it in eighth grade but, due to the pandemic, hadn’t taken the Regents exam necessary to move on to geometry. I didn’t think it was a problem. My ...

This story about eighth grade algebra was produced by The Hechinger ... Today it’s about 1.5 percent, or 13 more students per year in a district with total enrollment of about 6,200.

Math scores in 2024 showed that 39.6% of third graders scored proficient or above. Still, gaps between Black and white ...

Now, in the math classes she teaches, Stewart encourages her 5th graders to see mistakes ... the ability to persevere through multi-step word problems, for instance. Another is showing their ...

This week: respiratory viruses skyrocket; algebra for all; magic mushroom use; and illegal northern border crossings. The latest data from the Department of Health shows a surge in hospitalizations ...

students’ accuracy in word-problem solving. It’s not yet clear whether the network has large-scale effects on student scores. Pass rates on the 8th grade state math test nearly doubled between ...

To let modern educational statistics tell it, Black K-12 students and Black people in general are horrible at math.