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They Started Teaching During the Pandemic Year. Where Are They Now?

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They’d need to make do with haphazard plans for distance learning through the end of the school year — perhaps longer. Of those five, one left teaching during her third year, and another will resign next month, at the end of the school year. The other three are still teaching and plan to continue. I spent the first 3.5

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The Role of Mathematics in Education

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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? It teaches us problem-solving skills, logical reasoning, and the ability to think abstractly.

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Readers Respond: Does Fixing the Leaky STEM Pipeline Require Calculus To Adapt?

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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. Teach it as a language used to describe things and as a tool for real life problem solving.”

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13 Teaching Strategies to Shake up Your Remote Teaching

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As we struggle with adapting our classes to remote learning, I know lots of teachers who are realizing that their normal approach isn’t suited for remote teaching. Here are thirteen accepted pedagogical teaching strategies with proven records of success. Project-based Learning (PBL). Frayer Model. Habits of Mind.

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

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During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 schools in Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama and California through Reach University. Mistakes are valuable.

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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. 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. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. the instructor asked. That’s not typical.

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Equity and Access in Math Education

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The emergence of the coronavirus pandemic exacerbated this phenomenon, impacting teaching and learning for all students, especially students from underserved communities. Overnight, the modality of remote learning became necessary, and these underserved communities encountered the most difficulties.