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The Role of Mathematics in Education

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Finance and Economics: The Art of Numbers In the realms of finance and economics, mathematics is the brush with which professionals paint the picture of the market’s future. Without a solid foundation in mathematics, navigating the complex world of finance would be akin to sailing a ship without a compass.

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Key Digital Innovations for Today’s Education Professionals

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Cybersecurity Tools Cloud computing resources, online learning platforms, and the expanding databases that make data-driven insights possible need protection from cyber threats. Budgets may already be tight, but making room in them for cybersecurity training is a necessity with long-term benefits for finances, reputation, and data safety.

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The Most Underrated Computer Science Career: Quantitative Analysis

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More importantly, however, the advent of computers in the mid-1900s paved the way for a new, more advanced form of stock trading known as quantitative analysis, forever changing the state of the stock market. The trader will then instruct the computer to automatically buy the stock when it hits $25 and sell when it hits $30.

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3 Book Reviews about Anthropomorphized Computers

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Little Computer People — an AI takes an interesting turn as she attains sentience. Little Computer People . Gabe Erickson is h -bent on creating the first sentient computer program. We don’t know anything about them, what their motivations are, who’s financing them or what their goals might be.

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7+ Websites to Teach Financial Literacy

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When kids read that America’s $30 trillion+ debt is accepted by many experts as ‘business as usual’, I wonder how that news will affect their future personal finance decisions. Developed for middle school and high school students, this online game helps students learn important personal finance skills as they compete against classmates.

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To Understand ChatGPT’s Impact on Higher Education, Think Like a Scientist

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The investigation will serve as a starting point for a study that will ultimately test the tool’s impact on student learning in a real estate finance course, which brings us to our next research approach: true experiments.

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micro:bit Projects Coded with Python

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I have a strong emphasis with a few groups of my gifted students in integrating physical computing into my instructional activities. I’ve discussed the benefits of physical computing in Scratch and Makey Makey Across the Curriculum. Python is an excellent first text-based language to learn.