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The Role of Mathematics in Education

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Or perhaps, amidst a particularly challenging calculus problem, you’ve questioned how this abstract world of numbers and symbols could possibly influence your future career? College and Mathematics: Challenges The Complexity Cliff Remember the first time you looked at a calculus problem in college? Well, you’re not alone.

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In College Math, Faculty Is Key. But Will This Insight Actually Help Students?

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A number of instructors in the math department at San Diego Mesa College, where she's a professor, had started exploring how to weave standards-based grading — an approach that evaluates students on how effectively they have mastered content — into the way they teach calculus.

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A Case for ‘Radical Simplification’ in Higher Education

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While it was rough going in those early weeks, we eventually made it work (and even discovered some new departmental strengths) mostly because of an unwavering commitment to frequent, transparent and radically honest communication with each other. But have we made a similar commitment to this kind of communication with ourselves?

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Unlocking the Power of Creativity and AI: Preparing Students for the Future Workforce

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As such, many students enter college and the workforce not having enough practice in key critical thinking skills that they need to be innovative problem-solvers and effective communicators. That wasn't the case.

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Dear Educators, a Balm for Deep Cuts: Navigating Racial Microaggressions at School

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I was in the first year of the top doctorate program in my field, and we were 20 educators-in-training being taught best practices of various communication research methods by supposed leading experts. populations, including “tips” on how to work with diverse communities. Wait, what? Shouldn’t you know that?

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Having Trouble Hiring at Your College? Try Improving the Jobs.

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Months can separate each milestone of the search process, and colleges are notoriously bad about communicating with applicants about their status. We can communicate with applicants about their status more frequently. We can improve our systems so applicants aren’t duplicating efforts. We can get rid of letters of recommendation.

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Edit and Share Videos Like a Rock Star

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One communication method that has seriously grown up from even a generation ago is video. Today, done well, they become real teaching tools that use optics to communicate ideas, unpack granular concepts, and connect students to information. Kids Know It Network — free videos for kids on lots of academic topics.