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Talented Students Are Kept From Early Algebra. Should States Force Schools to Enroll Them?

ED Surge

When he later won an achievement award in math, Lynem determined that the decision had been a good one. states, Lindsey Henderson, a secondary mathematics specialist for the Utah State Board of Education, credited the state’s scores in part to the state’s integrated secondary math curriculum mandate.

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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

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It’s fascinating that today’s game playing youth want a set of rules they must beat, parameters they must meet, levels (read: standards) they must achieve, and a Big Goal (think: graduation) they can only reach after a lot of hard work, intense thinking, and mountains of problems. Which they love. What Game Delivers.

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Revisiting the Legacy of San Francisco’s Detracking Experiment

ED Surge

Those attempting to reform this practice contend that all students are mathematically brilliant, he says. Critics also challenged the arguments and data used by the district to justify the policy. Detracking doesnt solve the underlying problem, which is achievement gaps, Loveless argues.

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How to Compare and Contrast Authentically

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It also appears multiple times for most grade levels in the Math Standards, including the Standards for Mathematical Practice. Why is this skill so important? Clearly, this is a seminal skill.

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Students Are Busy but Rarely Thinking, Researcher Argues. Do His Teaching Strategies Work Better?

ED Surge

That’s the argument of Peter Liljedahl, a professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, who has spent years researching what works in teaching. He’s outlined the strategies in his book, “ Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics. ” So how do you achieve change in any setting if that's the case?

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The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics

Stephen Wolfram

1 Mathematics and Physics Have the Same Foundations. 2 The Underlying Structure of Mathematics and Physics. 3 The Metamodeling of Axiomatic Mathematics. 4 Simple Examples with Mathematical Interpretations. 15 Axiom Systems of Present-Day Mathematics. 21 What Can Human Mathematics Be Like? Graphical Key.

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Let’s Talk About Habits of Mind

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The result is a compelling argument that education is less a data download and more a fitness program for our brains. ” Common Core asks that students ‘independently discern’ In fact, critical thinking skills are implicit in almost all of the core literacy skills and mathematical practices. Persisting.