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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

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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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New Effort Hopes to Make ‘Weed-Out’ Courses More Equitable

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The project, funded from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and housed at Educause, prioritizes 20 key gateway courses, including introductory classes in biology, chemistry, English, economics and psychology, as well as math classes like algebra and calculus, and U.S. history surveys.

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Two Main Branches of Mathematics That Kids Need to Learn

STEM Education Guide

Elementary algebra is the most fundamental and the most abstract algebra is modern algebra. Elementary algebra is crucial for the study of engineering, science, medicine, and economics. Elementary algebra is crucial for the study of engineering, science, medicine, and economics. A2 + B2 = (A + B)2 – 2AB. (A

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9 Good Collections of Videos for Education

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Most are about five minutes (some longer, some shorter) and cover topics like chemistry, physics, calculus, geometry, biology, Algebra, trigonometry, grammar, ACT prep, and SAT prep. Bright Science is a free YouTube channel of over 1300 study videos for high schoolers (or precocious middle schoolers).

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Is Computer Science STEM – The Link Between the Two

STEM Education Guide

While the science aspect (chemistry, biology, and physics) and mathematics (calculus and algebra) is a breeze to figure out, the engineering and technology aspects are less straightforward. Nonetheless, defining STEM can be an uphill battle as it’s a popular term with several meanings to many people.

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How can smart contact lenses monitor and treat eye conditions?

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Biomedical engineering is a field that spans many disciplines, combining engineering, biology, medicine and healthcare. At school, study maths, physics, biology and chemistry. FUNDERS : National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Defence (DOD), Eli Lilly and Company, Purdue University.

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How to Think Computationally about AI, the Universe and Everything

Stephen Wolfram

It’s a new paradigm—that actually seems to unlock things not only in fundamental physics, but also in the foundations of mathematics and computer science , and possibly in areas like biology and economics too. You know, I talked about building up the universe by repeatedly applying a computational rule. But how is that rule picked?

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