ED Surge

JANUARY 17, 2023

It was from his dean, who said that the department had inspected their freshman calculus course, “Calculus for Life Sciences.” This ultimately led to a new introductory life sciences math course, Mathematics for Life Sciences (the LS 30 series). The traditional calculus coursework, to people like Garfinkel, is totally outdated.

Calculus 340

Calculus Math Science Sciences 340

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 6, 2024

There’s always been something mystically cerebral about people in technical professions like engineering, science, and mathematics. They talk animatedly about plate tectonics, debate the structure of atoms, even smile at the mention of calculus.

Artificial Intelligence 418

Artificial Intelligence Calculus Equality Curriculum 418

ED Surge

MARCH 4, 2024

Which students get to attempt intellectually stimulating courses like calculus may rely in part on where they attend high school rather than just their aptitude for math, according to a new study. It was the first publication based on RAND’s American Mathematics Educator Study. That’s something she sees in math tracking as well.

Math 329

Math Algebra Calculus Mathematics 329

ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

I’m not talking about people choosing not to study calculus. Contrary to what might be expected, it disproportionately affects high-ability students who default from efficient mathematical strategies that rely on working memory to less-efficient ones. Math anxiety is a corrosive agent in the STEM talent pipeline.

Math 361

Math Elementary Mathematics Calculus 361

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 3, 2021

There’s always been something mystically cerebral about people in technical professions like engineering, science, and mathematics. They talk animatedly about plate tectonics, debate the structure of atoms, even smile at the mention of calculus. Find a clever tie-in to your topic. Bone up on basics before the Meeting.

Calculus 418

Calculus Computer Mathematics Curriculum 418

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 10, 2023

They talk animatedly about plate tectonics, debate the structure of atoms, even smile at the mention of calculus. Understand that tech teachers often think trying to teach colleagues to tech is like solving the Riemann Hypothesis (many consider this darling of mathematical problems impossible). Find a clever tie-in to your topic.

Calculus 377

Calculus Computer Mathematics Curriculum 377

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 2, 2022

There’s always been something mystically cerebral about people in technical professions like engineering, science, and mathematics. They talk animatedly about plate tectonics, debate the structure of atoms, even smile at the mention of calculus. Find a clever tie-in to your topic. Bone up on basics before the Meeting.

Calculus 392

Calculus Computer Mathematics Curriculum 392

ED Surge

MAY 28, 2024

That left the family to decide whether to make him repeat the class in ninth grade — and potentially disadvantage him by preventing him from taking calculus later in high school — or to have him push through. Julie Lynem’s son had taken algebra in eighth grade, but hadn’t comprehended some of the core concepts.

Algebra 335

Algebra Schooling Math Achievement 335

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 22, 2020

There’s always been something mystical about people in technical professions–engineering, science, mathematics. They talk animatedly about plate tectonics, debate the structure of mathematical functions, even smile at the mention of calculus.

Calculus 287

Calculus Mathematics Computer Curriculum 287

ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We believe that it's critical for some kids to be exposed to calculus. And we should probably expand the pipeline of young people who take calculus in high school.” We could create a culture around mathematics where mistakes are magic because mistakes are definitely how you learn.

Math 254

Math Algebra Calculus Achievement 254

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 24, 2024

But in college, where she’s a business major, calculus is proving insurmountable. 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. It’s given her severe anxiety. She doesn’t want to go to class at all. It feels pointless.

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Math Calculus Mathematics Research 347

ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

Since math classes progress in a mostly linear way, students have to get fractions to set them up for algebra; and how they do in algebra will likely influence whether they even get to try for advanced courses like calculus, a traditional weed-out metric for lucrative science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. isn’t working.

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Math Algebra Elementary Critical Thinking 337

ED Surge

DECEMBER 30, 2021

In ten days’ time, we had to reinvent college-level mathematics instruction on a large scale—more than 100 sections of courses and nearly 3000 students—with no playbook. For example, in Fall 2020, I decided to remove four big topics from my Calculus class, because I felt the time would be better spent going deep on the other things.

Education 300

Education Education Calculus Communications 300

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 3, 2020

There’s always been something mystically cerebral about people in technical professions like engineering, science, and mathematics. They talk animatedly about plate tectonics, debate the structure of atoms, even smile at the mention of calculus. Find a clever tie-in to your topic. Bone up on basics before the Meeting.

Calculus 265

Calculus Computer Mathematics Curriculum 265

ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Using calculators increased mathematical thinking skills, but not just by themselves; there was a lot of really thoughtful pedagogy on when and how to introduce calculators. That wasn't the case.

Creativity 335

Creativity Artificial Intelligence Economics Accessibility 335

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 10, 2017

STEM is the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Mathematics happens everywhere–at the grocery store, the bank, the family budget, the affirmative nod from parents to update a child’s computer to their agreement to add apps from the app store. These four topics cover every aspect of our life.

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Teaching STEM Engineering Mathematics 220

STEM Education Guide

APRIL 15, 2022

A well-organized world without the use of mathematics is unimaginable. Therefore, it’s no surprise that a wealth of mathematical branches exists in the world today. Nowadays, a mathematics study from the basics to advanced levels that contribute to technology, medicine, engineering, and more. What Is Mathematics?

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Mathematics Algebra Calculus Computer Science 52

ED Surge

JUNE 4, 2024

And we also heard from Dan Meyer, vice president of user growth at Amplify, a curriculum and assessment company, who writes a newsletter about teaching mathematics where he has raised objections to the idea of using AI chatbots as tutors. I mean, he took calculus in seventh grade. And I was like, I guess I'm going to bring my son.

Artificial Intelligence 329

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Futurum

JULY 13, 2022

Numbers and networks: how can we use mathematics to assess the resilience of global supply chains? At Brigham Young University in the US, Dr Zach Boyd is using his mathematical skills to determine how best to protect our supply chains. BUILDING MATHEMATICAL MODELS. FIELD OF RESEARCH: Mathematics. Published: July 13, 2022.

Mathematics 82

Mathematics Artificial Intelligence Math Research 82

Cool Cat Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Being mathematical, it's really important for kids to see themselves as part of the whole class. My mom was a teacher and even though I went to Georgia Tech took a lot of calculus, the hardest thing I ever really learned was actually addition. 00;04;15;08 – 00;04;29;20 Vicki Davis One on one.

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Elementary Math Mathematics Teaching 302

PCS Edventures

MARCH 4, 2020

Whether you agree with the theory that mathematics exists for humans to discover or that it is a man-made tool, numeric systems designed to measure the world around us serve as the foundation for scientific and technological advancement. Calculus , which calculates rates of change and infinites. What is Math?

Mathematics 52

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In the original article, I gave a list of what computing skills mathematics majors should learn and when they should learn them. If anything, over the past seven years, my feelings about the centrality of computing in the mathematics major have gotten even more entrenched.

Mathematics 52

Mathematics Computer Algebra Calculus 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2016

While TI calculators are still ubiquitous and useful especially when working in higher math classes like Trigonometry or Calculus, Desmos is an online graphic calculator that can do everything the $100+ TI calculators can do and more (and did I mention it’s free?).

Math 254

Math Calculus Schooling Teaching 254

STEM Education Guide

MARCH 9, 2023

It’s a curriculum that revolves around the idea of educating students in four particular disciplines; mathematics , technology, science, and engineering. Undergraduate students in the economics department learn statistics, algebra, and calculus, which they implement in quantitative research and decision-making analyses. What Is STEM?

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Economics STEM Finance Mathematics 98

Basic-Mathematics

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Derivation of the volume formula With Calculus. Learn how to get the volume of a sphere and the volume of the earth which is a sphere.

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Calculus Learning 84

Stephen Wolfram

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Mathematics. But in the 1600s came the idea of modeling things with mathematical formulas—in which time enters, but basically just as a coordinate value. We won’t always be able to make a simple human—or, say, mathematical—narrative to explain or predict what a system will do. These are all ways to formalize the world.

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Computer Physics Mathematics Achievement 134

STEM Sport

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

In this case, they analyze calculus and how the approach around this difficult course has changed in recent years. Colleges Can Make Calculus a Gateway — Not a Gatekeeper — to STEM Fields. But neither will happen unless we address the fundamental gatekeeper to all STEM fields: undergraduate calculus.

Calculus 52

Calculus STEM Education Education 52

Computing Education Research Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Forsythe argued (in a 1968 article) that the most valuable parts of a scientific or technical education were facility with natural language, mathematics, and computer science. He argued that you can’t think about integral calculus the same after you learn about computational iteration. It was an amazing event.

Computer Science 138

Computer Science Computer Science Sciences 138

Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 9, 2023

And indeed one of the great achievements of our civilization over the past several centuries has been to build up the paradigms of mathematics, the exact sciences—and, most importantly, now computation—and to create a tower of capabilities quite different from what pure human-like thinking can achieve.

Computer 145

Computer Communications Achievement Mathematics 145

STEM Everyday Podcast

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Libo Valencia is a mathematics educator in New York with over a dozen years of experience. Libo is a passionate teacher who strongly believes that understanding mathematics can help all students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills that can be utilized outside the classroom.

Math 52

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Newton STEM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Representation in Mathematics: We will provide exemplar STEAM biographical and mathematic lessons for teachers K-5, that are inclusive of diverse cultural identities. We will also be gathering and developing mathematical activities which connect to the person’s work, in which students will engage during the lessons.

Calculus 45

Calculus Schooling Mathematics Math 45

STEM Sport

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Mathematics of Leaf Drop Description: Students collect data on the rate of leaf drop from specific trees throughout the fall season. Using this data, they can model the rate mathematically, using calculus to find rates of change or predict future leaf drop rates.

STEM 98

STEM Energy Chemistry Mathematics 98

Futurum

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Kristin’s research spans a wide range of applications and theoretical domains, but the one thing they all have in common is temporal logic – that is, an unambiguous, mathematically precise way of describing and reasoning about systems that change over time. FASCINATING FORMAL METHODS. ABOUT TEMPORAL LOGIC. KRISTIN’S TOP TIPS.

Aerospace 98

Aerospace Mathematics Computer Science Research 98

Stephen Wolfram

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

And—it should be said at the outset—we’re still only at the very beginning of nailing down those technical details and setting up the difficult mathematics and formalism they involve.) Mathematically this can be thought of as being like decomposing the ruliad structure in terms of fibrations and foliations.). The View from Mathematics.

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Physics Mathematics Computer Construction 121

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Here's the one from Winter 2021 for calculus and here's the one for modern algebra. This semester I taught two sections of Discrete Structures for Computer Science 1, an entry-level course for Computer Science majors on the mathematical foundations of computing.

Mathematics 52

Mathematics Algebra Communications Computer Science 52

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. Berry & Larson, 2019; Levitt, 2019).

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Algebra Mathematics Flexibility Research 76