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Instead of memorization and lectures in classrooms, SESP Prof. Jen Munson, who studies learning science, envisions a ...

Abstract: Learning the graph topology of a complex network is challenging due to limited data availability and imprecise data models. A common remedy in existing works is to incorporate priors such as ...

Rather than study how to use AI, students in this machine learning class work with the math that makes the AI work.

One month into the school year, my math classroom is buzzing with familiar rhythms: assessments, routines and students still ...

Although these aren't all strictly educational games, they can still teach players a thing or two about American history.

If the recent news of a new mathematics and statistics curriculum for years 0–10 felt familiar, that's because it was.