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Talented Students Are Kept From Early Algebra. Should States Force Schools to Enroll Them?

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Julie Lynem’s son had taken algebra in eighth grade, but hadn’t comprehended some of the core concepts. After a family discussion, we decided he would repeat Algebra 1 in ninth grade,” Lynem, a journalism lecturer, wrote in CalMatters. Perhaps most controversial was its treatment of algebra.

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Students Are Busy but Rarely Thinking, Researcher Argues. Do His Teaching Strategies Work Better?

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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. These are the students who end up hitting a wall when math courses move from easier algebra to more advanced concepts in, say, calculus, he argues. “At

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Why Do Underrepresented Students Struggle to Get the Math They Need for College?

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When researchers asked 290 college students about what advice they’d been given in high school, the researchers found that it was stratified by race. We didn’t have a counselor, so I just did my own personal research on how to apply to colleges,” says one student quoted in the report.

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Math Instruction Isn’t Working. Could Better Teacher Training Help?

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Although it’s not as obviously contentious as say, social studies, educators and researchers (not to mention students and families) have strong feelings about math instruction (remember New Math ? Poor teacher support and inadequate training, researchers suggest, may be contributing. Or even newer math ?) isn’t working.

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

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Research by the nonprofit Gardner Institute and other groups has found that these typically-freshman-year classes tend to prune some kinds of students from academic tracks more than others. Research shows students may drop out or change their major based on these gateway courses.” Organic chemistry , anyone?) history surveys.

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Is Economics STEM – Why Colleges Want Economics to Be a STEM Major

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Recently, five of the eight Ivy League universities have reclassified their economics degrees from social science to science, technology, math, and engineering (STEM). It allows graduates of quantitative economics and economics to apply for more generous visas compared to those granted non-STEM majors. What Is STEM?

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How can first-year STEM university students be better supported?

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How can first-year STEM university students be better supported? Called Science Seminar, their project aims to help STEM students transition to college life. To decide which skills to focus on, Barbara and Olivia identified areas of weaknesses from their previous STEM students. What is Science Seminar?

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