“One of the basic axioms of the rational theory of decision under uncertainty is Savage’s (1954) sure-thing principle (STP). It states that if prospect x is preferred to y knowing that Event A ...

Minister of Basic Education, Ms. Siviwe Gwarube; Representatives of Universities, TVET Colleges and Research institutions; Thank you to my Cabinet colleague, Minister Gwarube, for once again inviting ...

The world today is marked by paradox. Never before has humanity possessed such extraordinary scientific knowledge, ...

The decline in the National Senior Certificate (NSC) matric maths pass rate is not the result of a sudden collapse in ...

Mathematics be a tricky subject, and many students struggle to get the hang of it, finding it difficult to solve problems and equations in class. It requires a special sort of attention that one can’t ...

Eternal founder Deepinder Goyal argued that the gig economy debate is less about wages and more about discomfort with inequality, warning that bans and over-regulation could erase livelihoods instead ...

Howard Lutnick's boot-licking of Trump knows no bounds. Fox News host John Roberts acted like an actual reporter for a change and called out Trump's massive lies on lowering drug prices by using basic ...

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American college students can’t solve basic math problems or write grammatical sentences, forcing some students to enroll in college classes that teach elementary-school concepts, according to a study ...

(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 ...

Gen Z college freshmen struggling with basic math Senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Robert Pondiscio breaks down new UC San Diego data on Gen Z math failures, grade inflation, COVID ...

The number of Gen Z college freshmen who are entering universities without high school math skills is skyrocketing — as SAT scores are plummeting, a stunning new report has found. Even more shocking: ...