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New Survey Shows High-School Students Say AI Alleviates Math Stress

Many 16- to 18-year-olds surveyed said AI offers instant help, feedback and a nonjudgmental setting that makes math more accessible and understandable.

A majority (56%) of high school students say that AI helps reduce the anxiety they feel about studying math. That statistic comes from to a March survey of 1,500 11th and 12th graders in the US and sixth-year students in the UK and Wales that was conducted by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

Most of the students surveyed (61%) said that AI gives them instant help, feedback and clarification. The results point to anxiety in math education around learning in a nonjudgmental setting, such not having to ask questions in front of other students, and using AI to make math more accessible and understandable.

Results from teachers differed, however. Only 19% of 250 teachers surveyed agreed about AI’s anxiety-reducing effects, but nearly half of them (49%) said they see value in using AI to help learn math concepts rather than just seeking answer to math problems.

The organization released the survey results this week as part of its promotion of its annual MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge, which this year is focused on global warming.

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Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for Saturday, April 19

Here are the answers for The New York Times Mini Crossword for April 19.

Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

Today’s NYT Mini Crossword looked daunting, with those extra Saturday clues the puzzle has every week. But I found the clues pretty easy, and 1-Across even put a familiar childhood song in my head. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.

The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times’ games collection. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword

Let’s get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Subject of a song that ends «Next time won’t you sing with me?»
Answer: ABCS

5A clue: Play at a loud volume
Answer: BLARE

6A clue: Totally convinced of
Answer: SOLDON

7A clue: It wrote this clue: «Virtual assistant with the gift of gab (4, 3). Let me know if you’d like any tweaks!»
Answer: CHATGPT

8A clue: Mascara targets
Answer: LASHES

9A clue: Place to make a lifelong promise
Answer: ALTAR

10A clue: Best coast for sunsets
Answer: WEST

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: The whole package, so to speak
Answer: ALLTHAT

2D clue: Honey ___, animal that «don’t care» in a meme
Answer: BADGER

3D clue: Makes smaller, as a photo
Answer: CROPS

4D clue: Like emails you can’t take back
Answer: SENT

5D clue: Acts like a braggart
Answer: BOASTS

6D clue: Rock that easily fractures
Answer: SHALE

7D clue: Grabber of stuffed animals in an arcade
Answer: CLAW

How to play more Mini Crosswords

The New York Times Games section offers a large number of online games, but only some of them are free for all to play. You can play the current day’s Mini Crossword for free, but you’ll need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.