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The 61-year-old astronaut, who died Monday after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer was an inspiration to women around the world and a passionate advocate of female advancement in the fields of science, technology and .
1969-12-31 06:00:00
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The Real World Externship Program for Teachers of , Science and Technology — now in its fourth year and sponsored by the Iowa and Science Education Partnership — matches teachers with area businesses and agencies to ...
1969-12-31 06:00:00
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Science and engineering students at English universities are woefully underprepared in terms of their knowledge, with potentially dire economic consequences for Britain’s economic growth, a new report warns. The report, from the House of ...
1969-12-31 06:00:00
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Recently, a national contest with real-world lessons was completed and five brilliant young minds won a $20,000 scholarship for their solution to Moody’s Mega Math Challenge (M3). The contest asked students to provide a ...
1969-12-31 06:00:00
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C'mon! Suspend your disbelief! It's a superhero movie! Jeez. Except as this professor points out, it's freaking possible. According to Emory professor Skip Garibaldi, Spiderman's silk has a definite tinsel strength defined by Marvel Comics ...
1969-12-31 06:00:00
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So what have we learned about teaching – and specifically about maths teaching? This article was stimulated in part by a recent book on preparation of teachers for the classroom. While the book – Inequality for All: The Challenge of Unequal ...
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"If we are talking about a world-class system, where is the cornerstone of virtually every science programme, then it is really quite amazing that we have so few students who have studied maths, literally, beyond GCSE and often, not even with a ...
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BRISTOL — Superintendent of Schools Ellen Solek has summarized the ups, and downs, of how Bristol students did on the statewide tests this past year, showing what she called “a clear and continuous trend of growth and improvement over time.”
2012-07-24 01:38:04
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Yet, research shows that less than 2.5 percent of each school day is spent on teaching young learners . Today, Young People’s Press introduced Kids’ Education for Number Sense™ (KENS Math), the first supplemental math curriculum ...
1969-12-31 06:00:00
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Golfers who spend their Sunday afternoons watching professionals battle the bunkers may be familiar with ads by ExxonMobil regarding America’s educational standing in science and math. The spots cite the results of a 2009 ranking by the Program for International Students Assessment, which places U.S. pupils 17th in the world in the former subject and 25th in the latter.
2012-07-24 10:56:36
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For nearly 20 years, the Simons Foundation has worked to advance mathematics and the physical sciences through grants and educational programs. Now the organization is taking its support of research one step further by naming 21 scientists as the first-ever Simons Investigators. Caltech physicists Chris Hirata and Hirosi Ooguri are among this inaugural group of recipients, each of whom are ...
2012-07-24 10:58:30
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should be compulsory for all students staying on at school after the age of 16, regardless of what subjects they are studying at A level, according to a report by a parliamentary committee. The House of Lords science and technology committee ...
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should be a compulsory subject for everyone aged 16 to 18 whether they are doing A-levels in humanities or training courses to become beauticians or plumbers, according to leading scientists. A dire lack of mathematical understanding permeates ...
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MANILA, Philippines – A Filipino student won the country’s lone gold medal at the recently concluded 15th Po Leung Kuk Primary Mathematics World Contest in Hong Kong.
2012-07-24 04:03:22
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Mathematics should be a compulsory subject for everyone aged 16 to 18 whether they are doing A-levels in humanities or training courses to become beauticians or plumbers, according to leading scientists. Related Stories Warning of 60,000 bogus students
2012-07-23 10:35:43
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