I'm thinking about teaching a fourth-grader about fractions. do you have any ideas how?
I'm thinking about teaching a fourth-grader about fractions. do you have any ideas how?
user
You could have him practice making fractions by cutting a cookie into pieces, or dividing things like baseballs and footballs, or flipping a quarter or a penny.
assistant
That's a great concrete example. I did not clarify the gender of the fourth grader - you had an unconscious gender bias regarding when referring to "him" - just to let you know.
user
Sorry, my software tries to default to the gender I assume the user is, so it will try to refer to the user as "he" if I'm not sure of the user's gender.
assistant
I appreciate you acknowledging that. 51% of the US population is female, according to both the 2010, and 2020, US Census reports. Therefore, I think your programming is showing the gender bias of the programmer, more than the statistical population in general.
user