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, ...

A Missouri school district is now making its math curriculum more gender inclusive, updating word problems and other language-based math equations with "they/them" pronouns.

The intervention proved to boost comprehension and help students synthesize and visualize information, which improved the students' math world problem-solving skills.

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