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Are Students’ Math Futures Being Unwittingly Set By Tracking?

ED Surge

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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How To Boost Student Engagement: Modern Tools for Math Teachers

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These same reports show that teachers and students stand to gain these additional benefits: Learners get a chance to apply mathematical solutions to everyday problems Teachers can stimulate real-life situations where regular people and professionals use math formulas to solve problems. public schools provide students with computers.

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Elevating Voices, Catalyzing Change: A Partnership Approach to Supporting K-8 Mathematics Teacher Leaders

National Science Foundation

Implementing equitable mathematics instruction is an ongoing, collective commitment that must be made by teachers, schools, districts, and beyond to ensure that each and every student has access to high-quality mathematics instruction. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), 2020b, p. Introduction.

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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

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Differential treatment is an example of how economic theories can shape public policies and individual’s opportunities. Is it fair to judge a student from a low-achieving school against a privately-tutored student? On the other hand, the first candidate did not need a job so could spend time on schoolwork.

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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). The students] move away from that algorithmic knowledge of mathematics, just following steps and just working like a little robot,” says Daniela Zamora Zuniga, a former economics student who was a learning assistant from 2019 through 2022.

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

ED Surge

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. Instead, she argues, when teachers give their students a chance to tackle these problems first, it lets students make sense of the mathematics they are learning.

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Professional Development Is Dying — and It's Most Evident in My Local Teacher Community

ED Surge

From securing a venue and recruiting speakers to publicity and promotion, it takes a dedicated group of leaders to make these PD conferences happen each year. Without us, the local affiliates, there was no source for teacher PD in K-12 mathematics that was run by and for local teachers. Pandemic exhaustion is also real.

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