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Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems. That includes aligning numbers to add, starting ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to ...