ED Surge

MAY 28, 2024

Julie Lynem’s son had taken algebra in eighth grade, but hadn’t comprehended some of the core concepts. After a family discussion, we decided he would repeat Algebra 1 in ninth grade,” Lynem, a journalism lecturer, wrote in CalMatters. Last July, California adopted a new K-12 math framework.

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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.

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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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Stephen Wolfram

MARCH 7, 2022

How Math Relates to Humans. 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 ? 22 Going below Axiomatic Mathematics.

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Magic EdTech

MAY 13, 2022

Academic enrichment is offered within a small group setting and is available in a variety of subjects, such as math, science, and language. When confronted with real-world math problems with multiple answers, students will be able to think more creatively and flexibly. How Can Academic Enrichment Boost Student Success?

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Stephen Wolfram

MARCH 5, 2024

But in a sense the ultimate reason that “math is hard” is that we’re constantly seeing evidence of computational irreducibility: we can’t get around actually having to compute things. In 2000 I was interested in what the simplest possible axiom system for logic (Boolean algebra) might be. Back in 1987—as part of building Version 1.0

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Stephen Wolfram

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has a very flexible way of representing its results, that allows for different numbers of variables, different numbers of solutions, etc. &#10005. Pushing the Math Frontier. we’re connecting to “Descartes-style” analytic geometry, converting geometric descriptions to algebraic formulas. &#10005. In Version 12.0

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