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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

ED Surge

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. There are math requirements for those majors.

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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

ED Surge

As a math educator at the high school and middle school levels, I lived for the moments when students’ furrowed brows ever-so-slightly began to unfold and smiles emerged. Though some argue that mathematics is culturally independent, I can say from experience that it is anything but.

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Careers in Mathematics: How Math Can Be Useful

STEMe

The one that some people dread the most: math class. For a variety of reasons, many people think that math sucks. Math can be useful in a variety of areas; even if math isn’t the main point of the job, chances are there are some applications. Houston, TX By: Oluchi Victoria Nnadi 11/8/2023 It’s that time of the day.

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UCLA Life Sciences Revamped How It Teaches Math. Is It an Example Others Should Follow?

ED Surge

That call started the years-long process of reworking how the university’s life sciences department teaches math. This ultimately led to a new introductory life sciences math course, Mathematics for Life Sciences (the LS 30 series). The students have voted with their feet, Van Valkenburgh adds. A Barrier to STEM?

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Our physics students have weak math skills. What to do?

Jacobs Physics

I've heard for nearly three decades how weak our students' math skills are. Fact is, whether or not the pandemic has worsened our students' math ability, even AP Physics students will cancel across a plus sign as in the picture. Let's not talk about how we can Make Our Students Great At Math Again.

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Elevate Math Skills with STEAM

PCS Edventures

Mathematics is so much more than just a school subject. However, math lessons often feel disconnected from their use and application. STEAM transforms how educators teach and students learn math by making it relevant, exciting and hands-on. Touch: Tactile experiences allow learners to interact with the math concept physically.

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Game Based Learning and Gamification in Maths teaching

Scientix

2), written in mathematical language: Fig.1 2 (CC-BY) Most people try to solve the more captivating graphical problem, even if those who arrive at the correct solution faster use the appropriately reworked mathematical model (Fig. 1 (CC-BY) Fig.