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Mathematicians know what mathematics is but have difficulty saying it. I have heard: Mathematics is the craft of creating new knowledge from old, using deductive logic and abstraction.

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Identifying and supporting students early on can pay big dividends later. But math intervention differs from reading, researchers say.