ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
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.
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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Computing Education Research Blog
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
I gave four keynote talks in the last two months, at SIGITE , Models 2021 Educators’ Symposium , VL/HCC , and CSERC. I’m not going to go into the LSA Computing Education effort or Teaspoon languages here. ” He argued that everyone needed to learn about computer science, in order to have democratic control of these processes.
STEM Education Guide
APRIL 18, 2022
Let’s explore some essential questions to consider as you explore STEM education. This will help to encourage their critical thinking, a skill they’ll take with them throughout their lives and into their college higher education. A student can follow scientist role models through other avenues or on social media.
Maydm
JUNE 11, 2021
As a high school student, Winnie had a passion for both math and the social sciences. Her teachers pushed her into the “easier” path of social sciences rather than encourage her interest in STEM subjects. They need mentors and educators who encourage them to pursue the harder subjects and more ambitious careers.
Stephen Wolfram
JANUARY 31, 2023
Sadi Carnot was born in 1796, and was largely educated by his father until he went to college in 1812. Sadi Carnot was by that point a well-educated but professionally undistinguished French military engineer. Nevertheless, every insurance company places its faith in the calculus of probabilities. Lazare Carnot died in 1823.
Stephen Wolfram
AUGUST 22, 2023
It didn’t help that his knowledge of physics was at best spotty (and, for example, I don’t think he ever really learned calculus). Rick is doing great (at 15) despite his unorthodox education. But suffice it say to that Ed’s old nemesis—calculus—comes in very handy. Some glide through that period of life without hassle.
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