National Science Foundation
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
In its current form, school algebra serves as a gatekeeper to higher-level mathematics. 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. Let’s Not Be So Quick to Give Up on Algebra.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 24, 2015
In the face of mounting evidence, education experts accepted a prescriptive fact: student success is not measured by milestones like ‘took a foreign language in fifth grade’ or ‘passed Algebra in high school’ but by how s/he thinks. Thinking Flexibly. Thinking Flexibly. Managing impulsivity. Persisting.
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Magic EdTech
MAY 13, 2022
When confronted with real-world math problems with multiple answers, students will be able to think more creatively and flexibly. The curriculum for algebra classes, for example, will move at a faster and more efficient pace. How Can Academic Enrichment Boost Student Success? Enriched Knowledge.
Stephen Wolfram
JANUARY 9, 2024
The function Map takes a function f and “maps it” over a list: Comap does the “mathematically co-” version of this, taking a list of functions and “comapping” them onto a single argument: Why is this useful? As an example, one might want to apply three different statistical functions to a single list. is PositionSmallest. In Version 3.0
Stephen Wolfram
MARCH 7, 2022
One can view a symbolic expression such as f[g[x][y, h[z]], w] as a hierarchical or tree structure , in which at every level some particular “head” (like f ) is “applied to” one or more arguments. So how about logic, or, more specifically Boolean algebra ? We’ve looked at axioms for group theory and for Boolean algebra.
Robert Talbert, Ph.D.
APRIL 15, 2022
be the primary measure of success in a course, and some measure of grace and flexibility will be included along with high standards and "rigor" And for other instructors, this concept raises more questions than answers. For some instructors, it provides hope that student growth will (finally!) A misplaced trust in statistics.
Stephen Wolfram
MARCH 5, 2024
In 2000 I was interested in what the simplest possible axiom system for logic (Boolean algebra) might be. of what’s now Wolfram Language —we were trying to develop algorithms to compute hundreds of mathematical special functions over very broad ranges of arguments. Yes, there can be a lot of flexibility in this model.
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