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FEBRUARY 20, 2024
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.
ED Surge
OCTOBER 3, 2023
The need to strengthen the science, technology, math and engineering (STEM) careers pipeline has received renewed interest lately. A number of instructors say it’s partly reconsidering how calculus, a crucial step toward STEM careers and often a “weed out” course in higher ed, is taught. Here are some of the more thoughtful responses.
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ED Surge
MARCH 20, 2024
Youngpradit: The equity concern is more than the idea of a burgeoning AI divide in terms of access to the internet, devices and even the people who can teach students about this technology. Brian Johnsrud Johnson: It will be transformative, but I would actually flip that question back to the teams developing this technology.
ED Surge
JANUARY 24, 2024
But in college, where she’s a business major, calculus is proving insurmountable. That means students should be given more chances to develop reasoning and problem-solving skills, she says. And it also helps teachers to develop key knowledge and skills they need for teaching mathematics. It’s given her severe anxiety.
ED Surge
MAY 8, 2023
Since math classes progress in a mostly linear way, students have to get fractions to set them up for algebra; and how they do in algebra will likely influence whether they even get to try for advanced courses like calculus, a traditional weed-out metric for lucrative science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers.
The Maker Mom
JANUARY 17, 2024
Technology has made learning math virtually a snap, and the availability of online math classes means that every child can learn this valuable skill. World Scholars Academy World Scholars Academy hosts a two-week intensive mathematics course for kids 15-18, administered by a doctoral candidate from Cambridge, Evgeny Goncharov.
STEM Everyday Podcast
OCTOBER 8, 2022
Libo Valencia is a mathematics educator in New York with over a dozen years of experience. Libo is a passionate teacher who strongly believes that understanding mathematics can help all students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills that can be utilized outside the classroom. Geogebra: geogebra.org.
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