Written answers to open-ended questions can have a higher long-term effect on learning
than multiple-choice questions. However, it is critical that teachers immediately review the …

Arguing and communicating are basic skills in the mathematics curriculum. Making
arguments in written form facilitates rigorous reasoning. It allows peers to review arguments …

Predicting long-term student achievement is a critical task for teachers and for educational
data mining. However, most of the models do not consider two typical situations in real-life …

The impact of online math programs depends on its implementation, especially in vulnerable
populations from developing countries. An existing online platform was adapted, at the …

A major challenge in education is how to improve teaching. This means improving teaching
so that all students effectively achieve the levels of performance stipulated in the curriculum …

When in doubt, asking a peer can be very helpful. Students learn a lot of social strategies
from peers. However, stated preference studies have found that for elementary school …

Ensuring equity in education is a goal for sustainable development. Among the factors that
hinder equity, socioeconomic status (SES) has the highest impact on learning Mathematics …

Every month, teachers face the dilemma of what exercises their students should practice,
and what their consequences are regarding long-term learning. Since teachers prefer to …

One of the main goals of elementary school STEM teachers is that their students write their
own explanations. However, analyzing answers to question that promotes writing is difficult …

In this paper, we analyze thousands of elementary school students' written responses to
open-ended questions on an online STEM platform. We found that certain key words in the …