Students' understanding of the equal sign not equal, professor says

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 22:35 in Mathematics & Economics

Taken very literally, not all students are created equal -- especially in their math learning skills, say researchers who have found that not fully understanding the "equal sign" in a math problem could be a key to why US students underperform their peers from other countries in math.

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