Math News Archives

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• of Sudoku Leads To "Richter Scale" of Puzzle Hardness

  The global fascination with Sudoku has led to a sudden interest in the mathematical properties of the puzzle. In the last few months on this blog, we've looked at how mathematicians have solved the minimum Sudoku problem and even how they've ...
  1969-12-31 06:00:00

• MathFest: Teach Meaning or Procedure in High School ?

  Last weekend a near-record 1500 mathematicians gathered in Madison, Wisconsin, for the summer meeting (MathFest) of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). That 1500 included over 200 undergraduates; the majority gave talks on their own research.
  1969-12-31 06:00:00

• Proponents say Everyday Math adds up, though some don't understand how

  Say you are a fourth-grader and your teacher asks you to divide 406 by 7. If you go to a school that uses the Everyday curriculum, the problem will first be put in terms that any fourth-grader can relate to. Such as, if you share 406 ...
  1969-12-31 06:00:00

• Margaret Lavin: Industry initiatives for science and math education

  I recently wrote a column about the need for a stronger STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) curriculum, stating, "Technological innovation accounted for almost half of U.
  2012-08-06 08:40:31

• Sabbatical set for University of Memphis' Faudree

  University of Memphis provost Ralph Faudree will leave the university for a year and prepare for a return to his first love, teaching mathematics.
  2012-08-06 06:48:00

• Sledge appointed president of Texas Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges

  — Sharon Sledge, San Jacinto College mathematics professor, has been elected president of the Texas Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (TexMATYC).
  2012-08-06 04:27:49

• Impossible: Economists, Analysts Pile On Romney's Bogus Tax Plan

  The Tax Policy Center, after assessing Mitt Romney's tax reform proposal this week, said flatly that the plan "would provide large tax cuts to high-income households, and increase the tax burdens on middle- and/or lower-income taxpayers.
  1969-12-31 06:00:00

• Math anxiety affects girls' performance more

  A number of school-age children suffer from anxiety and, although both genders' performance is likely to be affected as a result, girls' maths performance is more likely to suffer than boys', a new study has revealed. ...
  1969-12-31 06:00:00

• Captured: Moment Rover Entered Mars' Airspace

  NASA satellite in orbit able to capture exact moment Curiosity fell from the skies and landed on the Red Planet NASA Rover Lands on Mars PHOTOS: 'Curiosity' Tweets Pictures From Surface of Mars VIDEO: 'Curiosity' Lands on Mars PHOTOS: Meet Rover 'Curiosity' Obama Praises NASA for Landing
  2012-08-06 12:12:31

• A brief history of numbers and counting, Part 2: Indian invention of zero was huge in development of math

  This picks up where we ended with A brief history of numbers and counting, part one. Part two takes us from the mathematical...
  2012-08-06 12:46:49

• The National Hispanic University Offers NSF STEM Scholarships for Promising Students in Math and Science Fields

  SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Historically, Hispanic students have been underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, earning just 7% of STEM-related ...
  2012-08-06 01:00:00

• Mountain Pointe math, science departments teach through teamwork

  One collaboration will have a math and a science teacher combining algebra 1-2 with chemistry and physics.
  2012-08-06 12:03:11

• Mathematics of Sudoku Leads To "Richter Scale" of Puzzle Hardness

  The most difficult known Sudoku puzzle has 'Richter scale' rating of 3.6, according to a new mathematical description of puzzle hardness. But there could be harder puzzles out there
  2012-08-06 10:41:04

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