A Penn State student refined a century-old math problem, originally published in 1935, that determines the optimal aerodynamic performance of a wind turbine. The student's work improves upon the ...

Divya Tyagi, right, a Penn State engineering graduate student, shows her work on a century-old math problem to Sven Schmitz, a College of Engineering faculty member and Tyagi's adviser. UNIVERSITY ...

Organizational strategies that help students break complex word problems into manageable chunks may be the key to solving them, according to a 2025 study.

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