Simple words like "the" and "of" are everywhere, but don't follow regular phonics patterns. How should teachers approach them?

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Alexander Hartmann, a physicist at the University of Oldenburg, in Germany, has introduced a new model to explain a common word puzzle phenomenon. In his paper published in the journal Physical Review ...

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In a broader context, the findings for math are less surprising. Girls earn better math grades than boys, for instance.

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