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.
ED Surge
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
That’s the argument of Peter Liljedahl, a professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, who has spent years researching what works in teaching. The most problematic strategy that many students try instead, he argues, is what he calls “mimicking,” which he has especially found in the math classes he studies.
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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
As I teach my Linear Algebra and Differential Equations class this semester, which uses more computing than ever, I'm thinking even more about these topics. Yesterday I got an email from a reader who had read this post called What should math majors know about computing? Math majors need the former kind of computing fluency.
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. Persisting. Stick with a problem, even when it’s difficult and seems hopeless.
Stephen Wolfram
JUNE 28, 2023
we’ve finally finished doing the math and creating the algorithms to introduce AppellF2 , AppellF3 and AppellF4. And, yes, when you try to run the function, it’ll notice it doesn’t have correct arguments and options specified. In technical documents it’s common to see math that’s at least formatted elegantly. But in Version 13.3
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?
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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