Newton STEM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

The Newton Schools Foundation ‘s Year-End Annual Appeal seeks funds to support innovative programs in Newton Public Schools. The math coach and interventionist at each school will also be involved for students to ask for help/clarification as well as recognizing the students who have completed the challenge work.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

That’s the question the middle school class was struggling to answer. Fractions hadn’t really connected with the students, says John Barclay, a teacher in Richmond Public Schools in Virginia. So I’ve been wondering: What do we know about the science behind good math education? Is 2/7ths larger than 4/11ths? Or even newer math ?)

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2024

She says she’s not a math person, but she was able to pass her high school math classes without too much trouble, earning Cs. But in college, where she’s a business major, calculus is proving insurmountable. Sabrina Colon, a first-year student at University of California, Merced, remembers when math first became a problem.

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ED Surge

APRIL 23, 2024

Around this time four years ago, a seismic event was rippling across education. In April 2020, teachers were beginning to realize that their schools’ closures would not be all that temporary. They’d need to make do with haphazard plans for distance learning through the end of the school year — perhaps longer. For the past 1.5

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ED Surge

AUGUST 1, 2022

I took Calculus I, II, and III in high school at the local college, and when I enrolled at the University of Virginia, my courses included honors chemistry and physics for physics majors—although I did not major in physics. As an achievement-minded young man, I “knew” that my worth was predicated on my grade-point average.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Now there are dozens of online free educational videos that address most every academic topic imaginable. And they’re put out by recognized names in education — Khan Academy, BBC, Microsoft, Teacher Tube, as well as textbook providers like Origo. ” Kudos to their ability to achieve that goal. Futures Channel.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 4, 2019

The end of the school year is a time when both students and teachers alike are distracted by thoughts of vacation, sleeping in, and no deadlines. Many of these, educators would love to teach but “just don’t have time for “, even though they align well with broad goals of preparing students for college and career.

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The Maker Mom

JANUARY 17, 2024

Any of these math platforms serve as a great addition to an in-school curriculum or as a standalone lesson plan. Children between 6th and 12th grades can easily find an appropriate course in algebra, geometry, algebra 2, and pre-calculus. What makes School Yourself unique is the way that the application works.

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STEM Education Guide

MARCH 8, 2023

If you’re wondering whether students should enroll in STEM programs for high school, the short answer is yes. Whether young learners are drawn to foreign languages, math, humanities, or fine arts, the truth is that everyone has a lot to gain from stem programs for high school. What Is STEM?

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STEM Education Shopping

AUGUST 28, 2023

As an aspiring STEM teacher, I’ve often felt like a lone astronaut navigating the vast universe of education. In this article, we will explore the benefits of online workshops for educators like myself, delve into key topics covered, and discover the tools and resources that enhance our instruction.

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STEM Sport

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

However, access to high-quality STEM education can debunk this perception. In this article, we will explore the theory that STEM subjects are more challenging and provide solutions for educators and school administrators to effectively engage students in STEM lessons.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

These web-based classes offer motivated students a self-paced, self-directed path to achieving their college dreams in an affordable, flexible, quality ecosystem that prepares them for future careers in fields they love. Search classes by sorting by education level and topic and then picking from the hundreds of videos on offer.

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The Maker Mom

OCTOBER 13, 2023

MAA American Mathematics Competitions The Mathematical Association of America has been hosting competitions for children since 1950, starting with only 200 schools in the New York area and expanding to over 4,000 schools around the country today. Schools that participate in Math League receive Problem Sets several times a year.

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National Science Foundation

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In its current form, school algebra serves as a gatekeeper to higher-level mathematics. Similarly, reformers have focused on the timing of the course, aiming to enroll students as early as possible to open pathways to calculus and to diversify access to higher level mathematics. Domina et al., 2015; Dougherty et al., Hacker, 2012).

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 9, 2015

I’m not alone in my experience of education: I made it all the way through college without discovering what talents, passions, interests, or abilities I might have. This happened because, for the most part, school is not engineered to uncover a student’s genius. They are supported by mentors and a school advisory.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

That’s the argument of Peter Liljedahl, a professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, who has spent years researching what works in teaching. These are the students who end up hitting a wall when math courses move from easier algebra to more advanced concepts in, say, calculus, he argues. “At

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 5, 2022

She’s been sharing her observations with EdSurge readers for nearly a decade now, reflecting on young people’s interest-driven and playful engagements as they relate to education. Here, she comments on the history of gaming in education, its limitations and its potential—when done well—as a conduit for deep connections with learners.

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Futurum

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

PATHWAY FROM SCHOOL TO TEMPORAL LOGIC. It is unlikely your school or college will offer specific ‘temporal logic’ classes, but Kristin says studying computer science, mathematics (especially mathematical logic), algorithms, and philosophy will help nurture the thinking involved in her work. “I

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In my experience as a middle and high school math specialist, I’ve rarely heard any adults (including math teachers) report many positive memories of their early experiences with math at school. I’m not talking about people choosing not to study calculus. More than 90 percent of elementary school teachers are female.

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CTE Learning

MAY 20, 2022

Just like any other job, STEM careers also require a minimum level of education. Typically STEM education is meant to bridge the gender and ethnic gaps , which are occasionally found in science and math fields. Many are simply course completion certificates offered by a school, or a for profit training company.

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CTE Learning

MAY 20, 2022

Just like any other job, STEM careers also require a minimum level of education. Typically STEM education is meant to bridge the gender and ethnic gaps , which are occasionally found in science and math fields. Many are simply course completion certificates offered by a school, or a for profit training company.

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Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 9, 2024

So many discoveries, so many inventions, so much achieved, so much learned. And key to everything we do is leveraging what we have already done—often taking what in earlier years was a pinnacle of technical achievement, and now using it as a routine building block to reach a level that could barely even be imagined before.

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CTE Learning

MAY 20, 2018

Just like any other job, STEM careers also require a minimum level of education. Typically STEM education is meant to bridge the gender and ethnic gaps , which are occasionally found in science and math fields. Luckily, there are plenty of careers in the STEM field, so you’re bound to find something you are passionate about.

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Futurum

JULY 13, 2022

There are many branches of maths, including algebra, geometry, calculus and statistics. The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics has resources for schools, information about mathematical careers and lists maths-based internships in industries: www.siam.org/students-education/resources/for-k-12-students.

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Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

But, first and foremost, the story of the Second Law is the story of a great intellectual achievement of the mid-19th century. Sadi Carnot was born in 1796, and was largely educated by his father until he went to college in 1812. There’s a discussion about H for systems that interact, and how there’s an equilibrium value achieved.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Fueling them is the most recent results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which showed historical losses in math education. And like so much during the pandemic, the losses were worse for some communities, with achievement gaps having widened during the pandemic.

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Maydm

JUNE 11, 2021

As a high school student, Winnie had a passion for both math and the social sciences. They need mentors and educators who encourage them to pursue the harder subjects and more ambitious careers. And while I was in high school in McFarland, Wisconsin, I had the opportunity to take a trip to England and France. Show empathy.

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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). At the end of high school, Ed applied to Caltech (which was only 13 miles away from where he lived), and largely on the basis of his test scores, was admitted. (For

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Computing Education Research Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

I gave four keynote talks in the last two months, at SIGITE , Models 2021 Educators’ Symposium , VL/HCC , and CSERC. I’m not going to go into the LSA Computing Education effort or Teaspoon languages here. In 1961, the MIT Sloan School held a symposium on “Computers and the World of the Future.” I start out with C.P.

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Stephen Wolfram

DECEMBER 13, 2021

When you do operations on Around numbers the “errors” are combined using a certain calculus of errors that’s effectively based on Gaussian distributions—and the results you get are always in some sense statistical. Also in the area of calculus we’ve added various conveniences to the handling of differential equations. &#10005.

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