Math word problem uses a real word story to present basic arithmetic operations using textual narration. It is used to develop student’s comprehension skill in conjunction with the ability to generate a solution that...Math word problem uses a real word story to present basic arithmetic operations using textual narration. It is used to develop student’s comprehension skill in conjunction with the ability to generate a solution that agrees with the story given in the problem. To master math word problem solving, students need to be given fresh and enormous amount of problems, which normal textbooks as well as teachers fail to provide most of the time. To fill the gap, a few research works have been proposed on techniques to automatically generate math word problems and equations mainly for English speaking community. Amharic is a Semitic language spoken by more than hundred million Ethiopians and is a language of instruction in elementary schools in Ethiopia. And yet it belongs to one of a less resourced language in the field of linguistics and natural language processing (NLP). Hence, in this paper, a strategy for automatic generation of Amharic Math Word (AMW) problem and equation is proposed, which is a first attempt to introduce the use template based shallow NLP approach to generate math word problem for Amharic language as a step towards enabling comprehension and learning problem solving in mathematics for primary school students. The proposed novel technique accepts a sample AMW problem as user input to form a template. A template provides AMW problem with placeholders, type of problem and equation template. It is used as a pattern to generate semantically equivalent AMW problems with their equations. To validate the reality of the proposed approach, a prototype was developed and used as a testing platform. Experimental results have shown 93.84% overall efficiency on the core task of forming templates from a given corpus containing AMW problems collected from elementary school mathematics textbooks and other school worksheets. Human judges have also found generated AMW problem and equation as solvable as the textbook problems.展开更多
When I was an eight-grade student,I had a really tough time.For me,some math problems were just like mountains that were difficult to climb.I failed several tests and was sad.My friend Lucy,who was good at math,notice...When I was an eight-grade student,I had a really tough time.For me,some math problems were just like mountains that were difficult to climb.I failed several tests and was sad.My friend Lucy,who was good at math,noticed my struggle.She offered to teach me after class.She helped me solve the difficult problems step by step.展开更多
1.Because it’s a maths problem about rain!因为这是一道关于下雨的数学题Mom:Why is your homework wet?Child:Because it’s a maths problem about rain!妈妈:为什么你的家庭作业湿了?孩子:因为这是一道关于下雨的数学题。
1・absorb vt.吸收;使引人入胜.absorbed adj.全神贯注的.If you want to absorb all knowledge,you must be absorbed.2.abstract adj.抽象的v.抽象.abstracted adj.心不在焉的.Feeling abstracted,he couldn't tackle this abstrac...1・absorb vt.吸收;使引人入胜.absorbed adj.全神贯注的.If you want to absorb all knowledge,you must be absorbed.2.abstract adj.抽象的v.抽象.abstracted adj.心不在焉的.Feeling abstracted,he couldn't tackle this abstract math problem.展开更多
文摘Math word problem uses a real word story to present basic arithmetic operations using textual narration. It is used to develop student’s comprehension skill in conjunction with the ability to generate a solution that agrees with the story given in the problem. To master math word problem solving, students need to be given fresh and enormous amount of problems, which normal textbooks as well as teachers fail to provide most of the time. To fill the gap, a few research works have been proposed on techniques to automatically generate math word problems and equations mainly for English speaking community. Amharic is a Semitic language spoken by more than hundred million Ethiopians and is a language of instruction in elementary schools in Ethiopia. And yet it belongs to one of a less resourced language in the field of linguistics and natural language processing (NLP). Hence, in this paper, a strategy for automatic generation of Amharic Math Word (AMW) problem and equation is proposed, which is a first attempt to introduce the use template based shallow NLP approach to generate math word problem for Amharic language as a step towards enabling comprehension and learning problem solving in mathematics for primary school students. The proposed novel technique accepts a sample AMW problem as user input to form a template. A template provides AMW problem with placeholders, type of problem and equation template. It is used as a pattern to generate semantically equivalent AMW problems with their equations. To validate the reality of the proposed approach, a prototype was developed and used as a testing platform. Experimental results have shown 93.84% overall efficiency on the core task of forming templates from a given corpus containing AMW problems collected from elementary school mathematics textbooks and other school worksheets. Human judges have also found generated AMW problem and equation as solvable as the textbook problems.
文摘When I was an eight-grade student,I had a really tough time.For me,some math problems were just like mountains that were difficult to climb.I failed several tests and was sad.My friend Lucy,who was good at math,noticed my struggle.She offered to teach me after class.She helped me solve the difficult problems step by step.
文摘1.Because it’s a maths problem about rain!因为这是一道关于下雨的数学题Mom:Why is your homework wet?Child:Because it’s a maths problem about rain!妈妈:为什么你的家庭作业湿了?孩子:因为这是一道关于下雨的数学题。
文摘1・absorb vt.吸收;使引人入胜.absorbed adj.全神贯注的.If you want to absorb all knowledge,you must be absorbed.2.abstract adj.抽象的v.抽象.abstracted adj.心不在焉的.Feeling abstracted,he couldn't tackle this abstract math problem.
