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FEBRUARY 20, 2024
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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APRIL 21, 2023
Historically, underserved communities of Black and Latino students experiencing poverty underperform in mathematics as measured by various academic indicators. There is no doubt that nearly two years of remote learning resulted in the loss of learning in all disciplines, particularly in mathematics.
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MARCH 4, 2024
When Pierrce Holmes entered ninth grade, his school put him in 9C, a lower-level algebra class. He was switched over to the more advanced class, which taught algebra II and geometry. It was the first publication based on RAND’s American Mathematics Educator Study. Oh, do you want to try? “Oh, Oh, do you want to try?,”
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MARCH 27, 2024
During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. These findings further exacerbate the challenge of training math-confident educators as our nation works to address unfinished math learning throughout K-12 due to the pandemic. The first key component is a focus on a mathematical mindset.
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OCTOBER 3, 2023
With educators duking it out in the so-called “math wars” over the curriculum changes in California — which recommended delaying algebra, a critical juncture in the race to calculus in K-12 — the question rose to the fore this year. The issue is algebra skills. Those with strong algebra skills will excel at calculus.
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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
Over the summer, the professor from the University of California at Santa Cruz, spent a week at Harvard to learn how to redesign the mathematics for life sciences courses his institution offers. Some educators place a share of the blame on calculus courses, which can push out otherwise interested students. The solution?
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DECEMBER 10, 2021
Returning to Rigorous Mathematics –December 16, 2021. There’s an old joke about how kids are forced to learn algebra and trigonometry in school, but have no use for those subjects in real life. Why do trades like this require so much mathematics? ” What Is Technical Mathematics?
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