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NOVEMBER 19, 2022

It has been shown to improve student achievement in math, and is aligned with Common Core State Standards. Some tools may be more appropriate for younger children or beginners, while others may be better suited for older students or those with more advanced mathematical knowledge. Final thoughts.

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MAY 28, 2024

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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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The goal is to inspire the next generation of engineers, showcase the importance of engineering in solving global challenges, and recognize the achievements of engineers and encourage young people to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). Looking for resources for your students?

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APRIL 21, 2023

Historically, underserved communities of Black and Latino students experiencing poverty underperform in mathematics as measured by various academic indicators. There is no doubt that nearly two years of remote learning resulted in the loss of learning in all disciplines, particularly in mathematics.

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Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

“Testing the effectiveness of classroom formative assessment in Dutch primary mathematics education.” “Evaluating the Impact of Formative Assessment Intervention and Experiences of the Standard 4 Teachers in Teaching Higher-Order-Thinking Skills in Mathematics.” Erin taught secondary mathematics at W.G.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The goal is to inspire the next generation of engineers, showcase the importance of engineering in solving global challenges, and recognize the achievements of engineers and encourage young people to pursue careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). Looking for resources for your students?

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JUNE 18, 2024

An Overview of STEM – Why It’s Relevant and Important STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. You’ll want to include clearly defined objectives detailing what you aim to achieve through the project. Celebrate milestones and achievements to maintain enthusiasm and commitment throughout the project duration.

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Accelerate Learning

MARCH 17, 2023

Historically, women in STEM are often overlooked, undervalued, and even discouraged from pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. But today, women in STEM are breaking barriers, shattering glass ceilings, and achieving incredible accomplishments that are changing the world.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

In a particularly jarring study by Sian Beilock, girls in first and second grade classrooms with female teachers high in math anxiety had lower achievement in math and held more stereotyped beliefs about girls' abilities. In fact, elementary school educators have some of the highest levels of math anxiety compared with other fields of study.

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MARCH 3, 2025

Early numeracy encompasses fundamental mathematical concepts and skills young learners acquire before formal schooling. Just as early literacy sets the stage for reading comprehension, early numeracy establishes a critical foundation for mathematical thinking and problem-solving.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

Though they may not usually call themselves therapists, its relatively common for instructional coaches to think about their work in this way, according to DeAnn Huinker, a professor of mathematics education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Math As Humanities? Students pick up misleading notions of math ability early on, she says.

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MARCH 4, 2024

Kaufman and Holmes published a report in February that suggests large and low-poverty middle schools tend to use achievement-based tracking more for math placements than their high-poverty counterparts. It was the first publication based on RAND’s American Mathematics Educator Study.

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Accelerate Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

September 15th through October 15th marks National Hispanic Heritage Month, a time of year where we honor the achievements, contributions, and influence of Hispanic Americans to the world. Here at STEMscopes we want to recognize some of the lesser known Hispanic pioneers in various STEM fields.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

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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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

In 2022, only 26 percent of all eighth grade students scored proficient or above in mathematics. Unfortunately, DPS follows a nationwide trend where Black students are overrepresented in discipline and underrepresented in academic achievement. Our relationship with math learning is severely damaged in this country.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

Research from McKinsey revealed that, on average, K-12 students lost up to four months of mathematics and four months of reading progress in the last school year. With a strong SEL program in place, schools can address learning loss while reframing the achievement gap through a new, more nuanced lens for an equitable future.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The problem is that most teaching methods do not expose these fascinating aspects of mathematics. Apps like Prodigy, DragonBox , or Mathletics use challenges, rewards, or competition to make learning seem like an achievement rather than a chore. The good news is that gamification taps into that same drive.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Cognitive science and research inform every product decision we make and ultimately influence the academic outcomes we achieve. We are a very results-driven company, and you can only expect to achieve success, as measured in educational outcomes, if the inputs are truly based on what science tells us works.

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Stephen Wolfram

MARCH 7, 2022

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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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

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. But there’s also a quieter revolution taking place that applies a different strategy to achieve the same principles. It left an impression.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Yet, the district has seen consistent and remarkable success in math achievement across all of its elementary schools since it began using Stepping Stones, a prekindergarten through sixth grade comprehensive math program from ORIGO Education. Stepping Stones is closing our achievement gaps. That wasn’t always the case.”.

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Scientix

MAY 25, 2023

Picture provided by the author, attribution CC-B Y Mathematics is a crucial subject for every student as it provides a strong foundation for many other disciplines. However, many students struggle with mathematics due to a variety of reasons, including a lack of motivation, fear of failure, and negative attitudes towards the subject.

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MARCH 9, 2023

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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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Those attempting to reform this practice contend that all students are mathematically brilliant, he says. Tom Loveless, a former Brookings Institution researcher and author of a book about detracking, says that in the years after the policys adoption, assessment data shows that gaps in math achievement widened in the district.

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STEMe

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Through their systematic observations and logical deductions, they established the foundations of mathematics, astronomy, physics, and medicine that we still build upon today. Ancient Greece made significant strides in the field of mathematics. Their pursuit of these answers was not merely academic—it was revolutionary.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

There’s slightly more evidence that poor achievement more often fuels math anxiety than the other way around, though there’s evidence going both ways, she adds. Instead, she argues, when teachers give their students a chance to tackle these problems first, it lets students make sense of the mathematics they are learning.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Research indicates that educator wellness directly affects education quality , student achievement and school climate. It’s an active process toward achieving a positive state of good health and enhanced physical, mental, emotional and social well-being — four dimensions. It isn’t an event; it is something we work at forever.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Last year, only 61 percent of high school students who took the ACT English achievement test were deemed college-ready. Here are quick details on each of the three standards-based instruction offerings–English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science: Measuring Up: English Language Arts. Measuring Up: Mathematics.

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MARCH 20, 2024

If policymakers and education leaders can see how valuable the tools can be for [achieving] their existing goals, then they're hooked and more open to having the AI conversations and passing on that support to all the school districts and teachers whom they serve. That wasn't the case.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Calculus is a critical on-ramp to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). The students] move away from that algorithmic knowledge of mathematics, just following steps and just working like a little robot,” says Daniela Zamora Zuniga, a former economics student who was a learning assistant from 2019 through 2022.

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MAY 22, 2024

Malkin Carnegie Learning CEO "At the root of everything we do is the goal of supporting students, teachers and leaders in raising student achievement using learning science — and AI," explains Malkin. If we can help students achieve greater and greater results, we'll have accomplished something amazing. And grow, they have.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Literacy Read Rosemary Well’s acclaimed book, Emily’s First 100 Days of School about the daily achievements of grade schoolers for their first 100 days. Then, have everyone copy their information to a digital magazine (like you can create in Canva or Adobe) and share it with everyone.

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MAY 8, 2023

And the latest national assessment scores in 4th and 8th grade were historically low , a troubling early sign that more students may get stuck when they encounter more advanced mathematics in high school and college, possibly deterring them from pursuing STEM studies.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Last year, only 61 percent of students who took the ACT high school English achievement test were deemed college-ready. Success in an MBL program is defined by the achievement of competencies , not intangible performance measures or student-to-student comparisons. These can take any form as long as they measure student achievement.

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JUNE 21, 2022

Each level challenges the player to type the code necessary to advance their hero and achieve specific gaming goals.” Demonstrating a high level of mathematical creativity, Shininglice’s code informed his heroes to adjust dynamically based on dozens of battlefield conditions—yes, he basically programmed AI right into his forces. “I

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Struggle is a regular part of mathematics class: students struggle to get started, to carry out a process, to express misconceptions and errors, and with “uncertainty in explaining and sense-making” (Warshauer, 2015, p. Generating Mathematically Productive Struggle. Generating Mathematically Productive Struggle.

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

Without us, the local affiliates, there was no source for teacher PD in K-12 mathematics that was run by and for local teachers. I believe this mindset shift is emblematic of the widening gulf between national professional organizations and local teacher communities. Pandemic exhaustion is also real.

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