AI Models Are Starting to Learn by Asking Themselves Questions

An AI model that learns without human input—by posing interesting queries for itself—might point the way to superintelligence ...
Edutopia

A 5-Stage Strategy Students Can Use to Tackle Word Problems

For elementary students, math problem-solving often feels like a puzzle without all the pieces. They know there’s a solution somewhere, but they can’t quite see how it all fits together. Behind every ...
Edutopia

A Collaborative Approach to Skill Building Helps Address Challenging Behavior

When a student is not doing well academically or presents challenging behavior, we often respond with methods aimed at motivating them to change their behavior. How would our approach to teaching be ...
IEEE

A Combined Diffusion Model and Reinforcement Learning Approach for Solving the Vehicle Routing Problem With Multiple Soft Time Windows

Abstract: The Vehicle Routing Problem with Multiple Soft Time Windows (VRPMSTW) is a challenging combinatorial optimization problem where a fleet of vehicles must deliver goods to a set of customers, ...
Utah State University

Model Learning: USU Undergrads Use Math Modeling to Practice Critical Thinking, Problem-Solving

Sandra Benallie, Tayden Bitsoie and Sage Yazzie, participants in USU's 2025 Native American Summer Mentorship Program, tackled a classic Fermi problem to hone estimation skills with guidance from USU ...
Frontiers

A case study on developing students' problem-solving skills through interdisciplinary thematic learning

Interdisciplinary thematic learning, driven by thematic tasks and real-world problems, is an effective vehicle for cultivating students' problem-solving skills and individual development. However, ...
marktechpost

UCLA Researchers Released OpenVLThinker-7B: A Reinforcement Learning Driven Model for Enhancing Complex Visual Reasoning and Step-by-Step Problem Solving in Multimodal Systems

Large vision-language models (LVLMs) integrate large language models with image processing capabilities, enabling them to interpret images and generate coherent textual responses. While they excel at ...
Psychology Today

Everyday Ethics: Applying Different Approaches to Problem-Solving

Ethics is a fundamental part of everyday living and should guide our decisions, behaviors, and interactions in both personal and professional settings. Ethics involves determining what is right and ...
unite

From o1 to o3: How OpenAI is Redefining Complex Reasoning in AI

Generative AI has redefined what we believe AI can do. What started as a tool for simple, repetitive tasks is now solving some of the most challenging problems we face. OpenAI has played a big part in ...