ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

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. These are the students who end up hitting a wall when math courses move from easier algebra to more advanced concepts in, say, calculus, he argues. “At

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ED Surge

JANUARY 29, 2025

For example, to understand algebra, students need to first grasp concepts like multiplication and fractions. Still, Kurz and researchers like him hope to find lessons about the causes of the disparities in coming weeks. Moreover, that gap continues to widen from fourth to eighth grade, Kurz says.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Role of Mathematics in Education: What Professions You Can Get in the Future Have you ever found yourself pondering the real-world applications of those algebraic formulas or geometric theorems you spent hours trying to decipher in school? Cryptography and Security In the digital age, security is paramount.

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ED Surge

MARCH 4, 2024

When Pierrce Holmes entered ninth grade, his school put him in 9C, a lower-level algebra class. He was switched over to the more advanced class, which taught algebra II and geometry. The Complicated Reality of Tracking Getting rid of tracking is not the answer, says Julia Kaufman, a senior policy researcher at RAND.

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ED Surge

JUNE 22, 2023

When researchers asked 290 college students about what advice they’d been given in high school, the researchers found that it was stratified by race. We didn’t have a counselor, so I just did my own personal research on how to apply to colleges,” says one student quoted in the report. My school was very, like, underfunded.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

Although it’s not as obviously contentious as say, social studies, educators and researchers (not to mention students and families) have strong feelings about math instruction (remember New Math ? Poor teacher support and inadequate training, researchers suggest, may be contributing. Or even newer math ?)

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Research by the nonprofit Gardner Institute and other groups has found that these typically-freshman-year classes tend to prune some kinds of students from academic tracks more than others. Research shows students may drop out or change their major based on these gateway courses.” Organic chemistry , anyone?) history surveys.

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JULY 25, 2023

Depending on grade level, learners can use these visuals to show conceptual knowledge: Graphs Patterns Tables Charts Images Animations Diagrams Symbolic Algebra Systems SAS are computer algebra systems used to manipulate symbolic equations. Teachers can use these to guide students in handling complicated math formulas.

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ED Surge

JULY 12, 2022

The nonprofit says that the letter revealed unprecedented support by bringing together eminent people from across many segments of society to rally behind the notion that we should think about computer science as part of core curriculum, just like algebra or biology. You wouldn't send your kid to a school that didn't even offer those things.

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2024

During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. Confirmingly, research shows that adult learners self-report lower levels of math self-efficacy and higher levels of math anxiety than traditional undergraduates.

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MARCH 27, 2023

Become a critical thinker to help with your college research. Math, including geometry and algebra, can help you pass admission tests and later in college math classes. Build and improve your written and verbal communication skills to ensure you can confidently and fluently articulate your ideas and thoughts.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 8, 2024

Spoon's experiment coincided with research about how student performance is influenced by instructional practices. Gateway courses such as statistics, algebra or precalculus serve as a portal to educational achievement and possible careers in science, technology, engineering and math.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Assessing Drivers of Student Interest and Engagement Amazon Future Engineer , Amazon’s global philanthropic computer science education program, recently commissioned research from Gallup to better understand student interest and engagement in the computer science field.

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National Science Foundation

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In its current form, school algebra serves as a gatekeeper to higher-level mathematics. Researchers and policy makers have pushed to open that gate—providing more students access to algebra, focusing in particular on those students historically denied access to higher-level mathematics. Domina et al., 2015; Dougherty et al.,

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ED Surge

AUGUST 14, 2024

During my first year of teaching, I realized that these standards relied on algebra and reading skills that were still out of reach for most of my class. After much research, I had the models of atoms, vocabulary worksheets and circuit diagrams prepared, but I had no way to make this interesting to my students.

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ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

Both technologies have made their way into classrooms, leaving educational researchers wondering about their differences and implications for learning. You are not alone if you are confused by the terms augmented reality and virtual reality (VR). You don’t need any special hardware. You can just use your phone or any mobile device.”

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In ninth grade algebra, they create food trucks and pitch them to judges in a Shark Tank-style final project. New York University also completed a research project with some pretty astounding results. And, of course, it has to be mathematically accurate. They are applying the learning to a real-world context.

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Cool Cat Teacher

AUGUST 28, 2023

Furthermore, research supports starting early. Recent research shows that this free course boosts students' financial knowledge by 20% compared to those who didn't take it. This course is a great fit for economics, financial algebra, family and consumer science, business, and AVID courses. Their task?

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Cool Cat Teacher

APRIL 24, 2022

She has seen both personally and professionally how children struggle to be understood and how adults are often at a loss with how to handle the difficult behaviors associated with ADHD and believes that by sharing her and her son’s story, along with researched-based strategies, she can bridge understanding for kids who desperately need our support.

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ED Surge

JULY 25, 2023

Education researchers now know that Latino students were dealt an outsized blow to their learning by the coronavirus pandemic. Read the first part here. As Latino children make up a growing proportion of public school students in the United States, they’re also facing unique challenges.

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Cool Cat Teacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Too much education is received passively, and Jon knows from both research and experience that students learn best when they are active participants. There's research. I was in New Jersey maybe, and a Finnish researcher who's done some research in master learning and I finally came to one. It's amazing.

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CoderZ

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The CoderZ platform provides a research-based, pedagogically-advanced approach to teaching STEM and computer science for grades 3-12. The program develops core knowledge in coding, physics, geometry, literacy, and algebra as well as critical life skills such as problem-solving, collaboration, and grit.

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ED Surge

MAY 17, 2023

Students attend classes on various subjects taught by college professors including literature, coding, algebra and college readiness. Cecilia talks about her sister, an MEP alumna, who is now a neuroscientist and researcher: “She was shy, and my family was traditional.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

For example, right now I am sitting in Algebra 2, a class meant for juniors, and there is a freshman in my class. Even without being in MCL, I was taught how to operate the email app, browse the internet, and do online research. In English, I had to create my own Public Service Announcement video with two other classmates.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Research their interests. A strong mathematical background is crucial; algebra, statistics, and probability are all going to play a huge role in an architect’s ability to do their job. If you’d like to help guide a student towards the right summer schools, here’s what you need to consider.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MAY 10, 2022

Developed in collaboration with researchers at the Harvard School of Education, students read aloud and the tool collects data on fluency and accountability (think words correct per minute and total time read, among others) and a recording and transcript of their reading. And all of a sudden I'm taking Algebra 2, I'm taking Calculus.

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JUNE 24, 2015

In the face of mounting evidence, education experts accepted a prescriptive fact: student success is not measured by milestones like ‘took a foreign language in fifth grade’ or ‘passed Algebra in high school’ but by how s/he thinks. Socrates helped citizens reach decisions and unravel problems by posing questions.

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STEMe

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The Greeks also made advances in algebra and number theory. Euclid’s work Elements provided a systematic and logical presentation of geometry, with rigorous proofs and definitions. Pythagoras introduced the famous Pythagorean theorem, relating the sides of a right-angled triangle.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2019

This placed the responsibility for learning on the students, using teacher-prescribed methods, even though decades of research screamed that lots of kids perform better with images than pages filled with black-and-white text. Common practice was to assign a chapter to read in a textbook and then a worksheet to assess student knowledge.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 10, 2024

According to research , game-based learning can motivate learners to be engaged over longer periods as well as develop their social and emotional skills. This collection of games uses interactive puzzles and challenges to teach mathematical concepts ranging from basic arithmetic to multiplication, algebra, and geometric elements.

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Futurum

JANUARY 4, 2023

Her research is helping to develop the quantum internet – the internet of the future will be very different from the internet today. Whether to message our friends on social media, research a topic we want to know more about, or do some online shopping, the internet has become an integral part of our lives. Seems obvious so far, right?

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Futurum

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Biomedical engineering lies at the heart of medical technology, where researchers collaborate with healthcare practitioners to develop new and innovative devices that can improve the lives of patients. FIELD OF RESEARCH : Biomedical Engineering. RESEARCH PROJECT : Developing wearable biomedical devices for the skin and eye.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 18, 2018

Todd Rose quoting Mike Miller’s research on brains found that “not a single one was even remotely close to the average. This locked step is set by the ‘average’ pupil–an algebraic myth born of inanimate figures and an addled pedagogy.

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Computing Education Research Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Elise is a mathematics education researcher who has been studying how students come to understand counting problems. Educators have shown how programming integrated into other subjects can be a powerful tool to enhance learning, from algebra to language arts. I loved what she was doing, and we started having regular chats.

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Futurum

JULY 13, 2022

I am also interested in bringing more researchers from diverse fields together in this discussion,” says Zach. Researchers from all disciplines will have to work together to find solutions to these problems, and mathematicians like Zach will have a big role to play. FIELD OF RESEARCH: Mathematics. ABOUT MATHEMATICS. says Zach.

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Futurum

JUNE 6, 2023

In the US, a team of doctors and researchers, including Professor Cindy L. To improve these treatment outcomes, Cindy has received grant funding from the US National Institute of Health (NIH) to support research to help understand the different subtypes of lower urinary tract symptoms and the causes for each group.

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STEM Education Guide

MARCH 9, 2023

Undergraduate students in the economics department learn statistics, algebra, and calculus, which they implement in quantitative research and decision-making analyses. As a result of the prevalence of pragmatism and mathematics in economics, positivism is the main research method in the discipline.

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