ED Surge

JUNE 22, 2023

Students who don’t know that colleges prioritize calculus find themselves at a disadvantage in college admissions, according to “ Integral Voices: Examining Math Experiences of Underrepresented Students ,” a recent report from Just Equations, a California-based policy institute focused on making math more equitable.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 8, 2024

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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Educators Technology

AUGUST 8, 2022

Gauthmath is a math homework helper app that provides step-by-step solutions to all types of math problems including word problems and geometry. The app also offers access to online math tutors to help learners with their math problems in algebra, graphing, calculus, and many more. Gauthmath alternatives?

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2024

Sabrina Colon, a first-year student at University of California, Merced, remembers when math first became a problem. She says she’s not a math person, but she was able to pass her high school math classes without too much trouble, earning Cs. But in college, where she’s a business major, calculus is proving insurmountable.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Our coverage of new approaches to math education drew the most interest from readers, with two different features exploring how to rethink calculus making our Top 5. EdSurge takes you inside Harvard’s Science Center, where this summer, professors imagined new ways to push calculus past its limits.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 2, 2024

2023 brought plenty of surprises in education — and it wasn’t just all that talk about responding to ChatGPT and other AI tools. As we start a new year, we asked our reporters to look back on key trends and memorable moments in their coverage over the past year, and what they see coming.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

But Barclay — a former Virginia math educator of the year — thought back to his own experience with a discouraging middle school teacher and decided to think through what the student was saying rather than dismiss it. Or even newer math ?) So I’ve been wondering: What do we know about the science behind good math education?

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

And the list included an interview with a Nobel prize winner about his research to improve science instruction; a set of reader responses to our coverage of “math wars”; and a look at what’s keeping teachers from embracing edtech. Can technology help make them less time-consuming to deliver? Will the ideas catch on?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2019

Math used to be a tedious memorization of facts and formulas. Thousands of students found out, to their surprise — and often, their parents — that they loved math. Thousands of students found out, to their surprise — and often, their parents — that they loved math. Interactivate.

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ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Brian Johnsrud Global Head of Education Learning and Advocacy at Adobe The past two years have witnessed a notable surge in the use of artificial intelligence within education, marked by increased investment, deployment and integration into various educational practices. That end-to-end process is creative thinking.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Sitting in my home office running through this mental exercise, here’s what I came up with: Start: Dedicated time for reflection and review I was chair of the Math Department when the pandemic hit. Higher education would do well to make radical simplification a priority for the next ten years. But so far, nobody has even noticed.

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The Maker Mom

JANUARY 17, 2024

Math can be an intimidating subject to learn and one that kids either like or dislike. Learning math online can take some pressure off and allow children to absorb the information more effectively. With the right patience, kids can see the possibilities of math and how useful it is in their studies and daily life.

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STEM Sport

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

STEM education is the key component to ensure students continue STEM throughout college and are prepared to join the workforce. EdSurge wrote an article on how educators can create gateways and not be gatekeepers in students’ STEM education. Colleges Can Make Calculus a Gateway — Not a Gatekeeper — to STEM Fields.

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STEM Everyday Podcast

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Libo Valencia is a mathematics educator in New York with over a dozen years of experience. His upcoming book Math Play on CodeBreaker Publishing will provide any educator practical ideas for expanding a child’s perspective of math beyond assignments to engagement. Geogebra: geogebra.org.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and cloud computing are transforming businesses. Students can’t go wrong with future careers in information technology and computer science. Machine learning engineer One of the best technology jobs of the future is as a machine learning engineer.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Now there are dozens of online free educational videos that address most every academic topic imaginable. And they’re put out by recognized names in education — Khan Academy, BBC, Microsoft, Teacher Tube, as well as textbook providers like Origo.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 26, 2022

Educator Stacey Roshan believes that when schools prioritize students who are most vocal and quickest to raise their hand, the perspectives of too many are lost. Roshan recently shared her ideas about how to use edtech to engage introverted learners in a TED-Ed Educator Talk. Let’s take a trip back to high school.

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ED Surge

APRIL 23, 2024

Around this time four years ago, a seismic event was rippling across education. For most educators, the pandemic was a defining moment in their careers, a situation more disruptive than they could’ve imagined. It's hard to teach math, period. I started out teaching seventh grade math and did that for three years.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The platform doesn’t make ratings or recommendations, but it does aim to provide enough information so that higher ed educators can select products for use in courses. Each review also notes the starting price per student per semester; some are free or cost as little as $1 per student, while others cost between $60 and $100. history surveys.

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STEM Education Shopping

AUGUST 28, 2023

As an aspiring STEM teacher, I’ve often felt like a lone astronaut navigating the vast universe of education. These virtual learning experiences have become my guiding stars, providing me with invaluable knowledge and strategies to engage students in science, technology, engineering, and math.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 1, 2022

I grew up as a self-described math and science nerd. I took Calculus I, II, and III in high school at the local college, and when I enrolled at the University of Virginia, my courses included honors chemistry and physics for physics majors—although I did not major in physics.

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STEM Education Guide

MARCH 9, 2023

Recently, five of the eight Ivy League universities have reclassified their economics degrees from social science to science, technology, math, and engineering (STEM). It’s a curriculum that revolves around the idea of educating students in four particular disciplines; mathematics , technology, science, and engineering.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 30, 2014

iPractice Math is a fantastic new (beta) site that is ideal for all things Math related. This is a great place for educators or students to find: printables, worksheets, problem walk-throughs, definitions, and more, for grades K-12. The subjects covered are as simple as basic Math to as advanced as Trigonometry or Calculus.

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STEM Education Guide

APRIL 15, 2022

Nowadays, a mathematics study from the basics to advanced levels that contribute to technology, medicine, engineering, and more. In this guide, we’ll look at the two main branches of math that your kid needs to know. Additionally, calculus comes in handy for the summation of small factors used to determine the whole number.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 10, 2017

STEM is the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Technology includes the iPads toddlers play on, the smartphones we use to guide our days, the apps that turn our lights on and off–or start our car. Sadly, K-12 education standards and curricula do not prepare students for STEM challenges.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 25, 2023

I remember the 1990's when search began and everyone bemoaned how kids wouldn't think and how it was the end of education as we know it. Now, we have schools again thinking this is the end of education as we know it. However, it is a genesis of an educational redefinition. What is Web 3.0? Really, what is it?

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STEM Education Guide

APRIL 18, 2022

If your child is gifted in the arts of math or science, it’s not a bad idea to encourage a STEM career. It’s an acronym that encompasses science, technology, engineering, and math. Let’s explore some essential questions to consider as you explore STEM education. Technology in STEM. Types of Stem Programs.

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STEM Education Guide

MARCH 8, 2023

Nearly all facets of life depend on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Whether young learners are drawn to foreign languages, math, humanities, or fine arts, the truth is that everyone has a lot to gain from stem programs for high school. Secondly, the advent of technology is constantly expanding into your day-to-day.

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STEM Education Guide

MARCH 8, 2023

It’s no secret that the exposure of students to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) can positively impact the future of the world and their futures. However, one thing that’s often overlooked is computer science education, an incredibly essential subject and skill in today’s digital era. What Is Computer Science?

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ED Surge

JUNE 6, 2022

Sent home in March of their sophomore year, these students experienced educational challenges, pivots and experiments, and endured every uncertainty of the COVID-19 era. Laughter considers herself lucky—she had a strong safety net in place: a supportive family, access to the technology she needed and financial stability.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2019

Study.com is an online distance learning portal that provides over 70,000 lessons in fifteen subjects (including algebra, calculus, chemistry, macro- and microeconomics, and physics) aligned with many popular textbooks. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. They can also be searched by particular content.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

They may memorize a calculus formula (which I’ll stipulate is beyond difficult), but it doesn’t represent rigorous thinking. Even in Level one activities (such as math facts), expect students to demonstrate their understanding of the process and to transfer that to new circumstances. Let’s Talk About Habits of Mind.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 26, 2023

Joseph was in the third grade, she raised her hand in class to answer a math question. That little girl went on to study math and economics in college, then became a math teacher and a teacher-coach. EdSurge recently talked with Joseph about her new book, “ Making Black Girls Count in Math Education.”

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

I’m working as fast as possible to answer as many math questions as I can in 60 seconds. In my experience as a middle and high school math specialist, I’ve rarely heard any adults (including math teachers) report many positive memories of their early experiences with math at school. I thought so. Probably not.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MAY 10, 2022

Developed in collaboration with researchers at the Harvard School of Education, students read aloud and the tool collects data on fluency and accountability (think words correct per minute and total time read, among others) and a recording and transcript of their reading. in just 5-10 minutes. Click Here to see Readlee. Subscribe to the Show.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 3, 2024

Administrators, professors and students are rethinking nearly everything about how higher education works. Should calculus be taught differently in the 21st century? The Power of Microcredentials and America’s Higher Education Dilemma By Mordecai I. As these headlines show, college is in flux.

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Stephen Wolfram

MARCH 23, 2023

Let’s try another example, also from what I wrote in January: A fine result, worthy of our technology. Again, we can just ask it to produce this—underneath using our technology: Let’s change the projection again, now asking it again to pick it using its “general knowledge”: And, yes, it got the projection “right”.

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