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The Role of Mathematics in Education

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The Role of Mathematics in Education: What Professions You Can Get in the Future Have you ever found yourself pondering the real-world applications of those algebraic formulas or geometric theorems you spent hours trying to decipher in school? There you can get advice and solve various mathematical problems in college.

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Evidence Is Mounting That Calculus Should Be Changed. Will Instructors Heed It?

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Calculus is a critical on-ramp to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Good news: There's mounting evidence that changing calculus instruction works for the groups usually pushed out of STEM. That the traditional lecture method of teaching calculus isn’t as effective as active models.

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Are Students’ Math Futures Being Unwittingly Set By Tracking?

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Reflecting on his more recent experience as a policy analyst for RAND Corporation, a public policy research organization, Holmes doesn’t think it makes much sense that he had to hunt down the chance to try more difficult math. It was the first publication based on RAND’s American Mathematics Educator Study.

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Why Some Students Feel Like They Can’t Excel In Math

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But in college, where she’s a business major, calculus is proving insurmountable. There’s slightly more evidence that poor achievement more often fuels math anxiety than the other way around, though there’s evidence going both ways, she adds. In the classroom, researchers don’t know much about what works for anxiety, Ganley says.

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Math Instruction Isn’t Working. Could Better Teacher Training Help?

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Although it’s not as obviously contentious as say, social studies, educators and researchers (not to mention students and families) have strong feelings about math instruction (remember New Math ? Poor teacher support and inadequate training, researchers suggest, may be contributing. Or even newer math ?) isn’t working.

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Unlocking the Power of Creativity and AI: Preparing Students for the Future Workforce

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If policymakers and education leaders can see how valuable the tools can be for [achieving] their existing goals, then they're hooked and more open to having the AI conversations and passing on that support to all the school districts and teachers whom they serve. How can educators address the concern about students using AI to cheat?

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Newton Schools Foundation: Year-End Annual Appeal

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Representation in Mathematics: We will provide exemplar STEAM biographical and mathematic lessons for teachers K-5, that are inclusive of diverse cultural identities. For the summer we will be doing research into people and their life work and crafting lessons.