Solving General Arithmetic Word Problems [PDF]
Proceedings of the 2015 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, 2016 This paper presents a novel approach to automatically solving arithmetic word problems. This is the first algorithmic approach that can handle arithmetic problems with multiple steps and operations, without depending on additional annotations or predefined templates.
Subhro Roy, Dan Roth
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Improving Language Comprehension to Enhance Word-Problem Solving. [PDF]
Read Writ Q, 2020 The focus of this article is the role of language comprehension within word-problem solving (WPS). The role of the language comprehension in WPS is explained, and an overview of research illustrating language comprehension's contribution to WPS is described.
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Word problem solving in contemporary math education: A plea for reading comprehension skills training [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 Successfully solving mathematical word problems requires both mental representation skills and reading comprehension skills. In Realistic Math Education (RME), however, students primarily learn to apply the first of these skills (i.e., representational ...
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Text Comprehension and Oral Language as Predictors of Word-Problem Solving: Insights into Word-Problem Solving as a Form of Text Comprehension. [PDF]
Sci Stud Read, 2018 This study was designed to deepen insights on whether word-problem (WP) solving is a form of text comprehension (TC) and on the role of language in WPs. A sample of 325 second graders, representing high, average, and low reading and math performance, was assessed on (a) start-of-year TC, WP skill, language, nonlinguistic reasoning, working memory, and ...
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Problem-appropriate diagram instruction for improving mathematical word problem solving [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 The use of diagrams can be effective in solving mathematical word problems solving. However, students worldwide do not construct diagrams unprompted or have trouble using them.
Hiroaki Ayabe +3 more
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Developing Problem-Solving Expertise for Word Problems
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Studying worked examples impose relatively low cognitive load because learners’ attention is directed to learn the schema, which is embedded in the worked examples. That schema encompasses both conceptual knowledge and procedural knowledge.
Bing Hiong Ngu, Huy P. Phan
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SOLVING THE WORD PROBLEM IN REAL TIME [PDF]
Journal of the London Mathematical Society, 2001 The paper is devoted to the study of groups whose word problem can be solved by a Turing machine which operates in real time. A recent result of the first author for word hyperbolic groups is extended to prove that under certain conditions the generalised Dehn algorithms of Cannon, Goodman and Shapiro, which clearly run in linear time, can be ...
Holt, Derek F., Rees, Sarah
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Mapping to Declarative Knowledge for Word Problem Solving [PDF]
Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 2021 Math word problems form a natural abstraction to a range of quantitative reasoning problems, such as understanding financial news, sports results, and casualties of war.
Subhro Roy, Dan Roth
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Retrieval practice may not benefit mathematical word-problem solving [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 The retrieval practice effect refers to the fact that one or even multiple retrievals of memory content during the same period are more effective than repeated studying to promote future memory retention.
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Connections Between Reading Comprehension and Word-Problem Solving via Oral Language Comprehension: Implications for Comorbid Learning Disabilities. [PDF]
New Dir Child Adolesc Dev, 2019 In this article, we discuss the approach adopted within the Vanderbilt University Learning Disabilities Innovation Hub, which focuses on students with higher-order comorbidity: students with concurrent difficulty with reading comprehension and word ...
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