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The Role of Mathematics in Education

Ask a Tech Teacher

The Role of Mathematics in Education: What Professions You Can Get in the Future Have you ever found yourself pondering the real-world applications of those algebraic formulas or geometric theorems you spent hours trying to decipher in school? There you can get advice and solve various mathematical problems in college.

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We Need More Math Teachers. Here’s How to Prepare Them for Life in the Classroom.

ED Surge

During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. The first key component is a focus on a mathematical mindset. Math is about creativity, making sense, connections, and communicating.” Math teachers need to have a deep understanding of math content and effectively teach mathematics.

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Updates: NSF Funding to Study Learning with Teaspoon Languages for Discrete Mathematics

Computing Education Research Blog

Elise is a mathematics education researcher who has been studying how students come to understand counting problems. University of Michigan CSE Communications wrote a nice article about the work, available here. She’d heard that I was interested in programming for teaching non-CS subjects, and that’s what she was doing.

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Career Exploration: Mathematics

PCS Edventures

Whether you agree with the theory that mathematics exists for humans to discover or that it is a man-made tool, numeric systems designed to measure the world around us serve as the foundation for scientific and technological advancement. Algebra , which incorporates unknown variables into arithmetic equations. What is Math?

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How Game-Based Learning Develops Real-World Skills

ED Surge

And, of course, it has to be mathematically accurate. In ninth grade algebra, they create food trucks and pitch them to judges in a Shark Tank-style final project. We know that's what careers and colleges are looking for—people who can collaborate with others, communicate and solve conflicts and problems.

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Grading in my Discrete Mathematics class: a 3x3x3 reflection

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

Here's the one from Winter 2021 for calculus and here's the one for modern algebra. This semester I taught two sections of Discrete Structures for Computer Science 1, an entry-level course for Computer Science majors on the mathematical foundations of computing. The extent to which communication was a burden to students.

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The Equitable Classroom: What’s the Mathematical Education of Teachers Got to Do with It?

National Science Foundation

Equitable access to mathematics is a long-standing, yet unmet goal in mathematics education (Gutiérrez, 2018). There are many well-known obstacles to this goal, one of which is unexamined biases about who does and does not do mathematics (Walker, 2007). The VCAST Project.