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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

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

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About 10 years ago, Alan Garfinkel, a professor in the life sciences department at the University of California, Los Angeles, got a call. That call started the years-long process of reworking how the university’s life sciences department teaches math. The students have voted with their feet, Van Valkenburgh adds. A Barrier to STEM?

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

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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. Those “aha” moments were often accompanied with a gleeful, “I get it!” The brain makes sense of the world, and mathematics, through culture.

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Using ChatGPT to Revolutionize PE Teaching: 5 Expert Strategies!

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When we asked the Ask a Tech Teacher team to apply it specifically to teaching physical education–not something we usually think of with tech tools–they came up with these great ideas: Using ChatGPT to Revolutionize PE Teaching: 5 Expert Strategies! It is also having an impact on physical education and health.

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Can quantum physics make the internet more secure?

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Can quantum physics make the internet more secure? Published: Associate Professor Jacquiline (Jacq) Romero , a quantum physicist at the University of Queensland in Australia, is conducting experiments with photons to investigate quantum entanglement. Fields of research : Quantum Physics, Quantum Technology, Optics.

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Bringing Better STEM Education to the Rural South

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Think Like a Scientist The lessons focus on chemistry and physics, two “gatekeeper” subjects that are typically seen as more difficult, Schneider says. Chemistry and physics teachers within these schools will deliver the curriculum. Students will learn to think like scientists.

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ESERO: Space Careers Videos

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Visit ESERO UK’s website and discover how inspirational individuals use science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) in their roles so we can learn more and explore space! Associate Professor of Space Physics Researches how the sun influences planets in the solar system ExoMars Delivery Manager Ensures.

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