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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

ED Surge

Math professor Martin Weissman is rethinking how his university teaches calculus. Some educators place a share of the blame on calculus courses, which can push out otherwise interested students. Meanwhile, the calculus instruction has to be slowed down enough that it’s not as effective for math people as it could be. “I

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If We’re Serious About Student Well-Being, We Must Change the Systems Students Learn In

ED Surge

Research shows that excessive homework leads to increased stress, physical health problems and a lack of balance in students' lives. Indeed, a meta-analysis of research on this issue found a correlation between homework and achievement. Does homework cause achievement or do high achievers do more homework?

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Relationships Matter in Student Affairs — But So Do Data and Strategy

ED Surge

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. I grew up as a self-described math and science nerd.

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How to Think Computationally about AI, the Universe and Everything

Stephen Wolfram

And one of the stunningly beautiful things—at least for a physicist like me—is that the same phenomenon that in physical space gives us gravity, in branchial space gives us quantum mechanics. It’s because we’re observers like us that we perceive the laws of physics we do. Human minds who think alike are nearby. But what about AIs?

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Grades 7-10: Register by Mar. 5 for MIT SPARK (Mar. 16-17)

Newton STEM

Beyond Numbers: The Adventure After Calculus Intro to Japanese Soroban Geometry and Beauty of Soap Bubbles Mathematical Matchmaking High Speed Mathematics Cosmology: The Universe at Large Seeing is Believing? 3,2,1 Beyblade Physics! Digging Deeper: 4.65 Billion Years in 150 Minutes What’s in a Nuclear Reactor?

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Are STEM Subjects Harder?

STEM Sport

Topics such as physics and calculus deal with complex theories that can be difficult to grasp without proper guidance and real-world connections. One major contributor to this perception is the abstract nature of many STEM concepts.

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MooMoo Math & Science - Untitled Article

MooMoo Math & Science

He saw untapped potential in his students and set a goal of teaching the first AP Calculus class at the school. I feel an easy place to start is physical challenges. However, both failing at and achieving a difficult task can produce good outcomes. The movie Stand and Deliver portrays the life of Jaime Escalante.