ED Surge

MAY 28, 2024

That left the family to decide whether to make him repeat the class in ninth grade — and potentially disadvantage him by preventing him from taking calculus later in high school — or to have him push through. It’s an inefficiency in the education system, leaving talent on the table, he says, adding: “Doing nothing is going backward.”

Algebra 294

Algebra Schooling Math Achievement 294

ED Surge

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Educators and parents started this school year with bated breath. It’s time we acknowledge that our education systems are directly contributing to the youth mental health crisis. Another common argument is that homework helps students develop skills related to problem-solving, time-management and self-direction.

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Learning Achievement Calculus Research 280

National Science Foundation

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Researchers and policy makers have pushed to open that gate—providing more students access to algebra, focusing in particular on those students historically denied access to higher-level mathematics. Yet we have not seen equal advances in achievement (National Center for Education Statistics, 2019). 2017; Stein et al.,

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Algebra Mathematics Flexibility Research 76

Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 9, 2024

And for AIs we’re providing a variety of tools —like immediate computable access to documentation , and computable error handling. And, yes, our Wolfram U operation is now emerging as a significant educational entity, with many thousands of students at any given time. They can define AI-oriented functions (“ write it with emoji ”).

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Computer Calculus Construction Accessibility 104

Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

Sadi Carnot was born in 1796, and was largely educated by his father until he went to college in 1812. Sadi Carnot was by that point a well-educated but professionally undistinguished French military engineer. Lazare Carnot died in 1823.

Energy 89

Energy Physics Argumentation Mathematics 89

Stephen Wolfram

JUNE 29, 2022

You can give Threaded as an argument to any listable function, not just Plus and Times : &#10005. we’re adding SymmetricDifference : find elements that (in the 2-argument case) are in one list or the other, but not both. it’s now accessible from the button in the new default notebook toolbar. In Version 13.1 &#10005.

Calculus 115

Calculus Construction Computer Argumentation 115

Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

It didn’t help that his knowledge of physics was at best spotty (and, for example, I don’t think he ever really learned calculus). Project MAC After he left III in 1968, Ed’s next stop would be MIT, and specifically Project MAC (the “Multiple Access Computer” Project). Richard Feynman and I would get into very fierce arguments.

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Computer Physics Science Sciences 68