We wanted to work on a problem that mattered.

我们想做一个有意义的事情。

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They're also more likely to encourage boys to work through problems on their own while they tend to step in and help girls who struggle with a problem.

他们更倾向于鼓励男孩自己解决问题，而对于女孩他们往往会插手并帮助解决问题。

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But I personally think a university position is the best, because then you can work on any problem you want.

但我个人认为是最好是在一所大学任职，因为这样你可以做任何你想做的事，思考任何问题。

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It is virtually impossible to do work on a problem without feeling that it is important.

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Providing feedback to students, explaining why their answers were right or wrong, and then allowing students to continue to work on a problem until they have it right and master the concept produces statistically significant gains in student learning.

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His work focuses on a simple problem with a single asteroid, but anybody who has played the game knows that there are far more complicated setups as well.

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