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In 2012, the Mathematical Association of America and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics--two professional associations that focus on teaching--took the position that the goal of a K-12 mathematics curriculum shouldn't be to get students ...
2015-01-28 02:27:00
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Science, technology, engineering and mathematics schools vary in many ways, but they share eight major common elements. So finds a nationwide study of 23 STEM schools conducted by the University of Chicago's Outlier Research & Evaluation group.
2015-01-28 07:26:59
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Carmen Petrick Smith and Barbara King earned their Ph.D.s from UT in mathematics education. Together, they conducted a study using a Microsoft Kinect sensor, a type of technology used in video games that tracks movement, to examine how students use ...
2015-01-27 09:16:00
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Researchers found significant gains in the understanding of angles and angle measurements by elementary school students who performed body-based tasks while interacting with a Kinect for Windows mathematics programme. The Kinect is a motion sensor input ...
2015-01-27 07:12:00
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“We did a number of simulations, with a bigger tsunami than the 1700 earthquake was thought to have caused, and confirmed that there generally would be little flooding at the school site,” said Randy LeVeque, a UW professor of applied mathematic
2015-01-26 06:00:00
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Author and retired engineer William C. Orthwein has a master's degree in mathematics and a doctorate in engineering. During his long career in engineering, he says he couldn't help but notice the economic decline of the United States and concurrent growth ...
2015-01-27 09:33:00
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Results tendered by the former general indicate he obtained credits in English Language, Geography, Health Science, Hausa Language; failed in Mathematics and Woodwork, and had a pass in Literature in English. Giving more insight on the result, Cambridge ...
2015-01-27 08:53:00
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“It is nothing and it will not work”, says Swier Garst, president of the Association of Mathematics Teachers, which has 3 thousand members. “I know very little mathematics teachers who are for this test.” The only thing everyone seems to agree on ...
2015-01-27 09:36:00
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The team from University of Vermont found that students learned geometric principles more easily when they incorporated physical movements into maths lesson plans. The Kinect is a motion sensor input device that allows people to interact with computers based on their natural movements. The study by Carmen Petrick Smith, assistant professor of mathematics education, showed significant gains in ...
2015-01-28 12:16:24
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Cambridge University is to be one of five UK universities to lead the new Alan Turing Institute.
2015-01-28 05:16:23
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