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Didn’t Get in College? Interested in the Military? Try NAPS

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The mission of the Naval Academy Preparatory School is to enhance midshipman candidates’ moral, mental, and physical foundations to prepare them for success at the U.S. Curriculum The curriculum includes: Academics : Core courses like mathematics (typically pre-calculus or calculus), English, chemistry, and physics.

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The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About

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Math professor Martin Weissman is rethinking how his university teaches calculus. Some educators place a share of the blame on calculus courses, which can push out otherwise interested students. Meanwhile, the calculus instruction has to be slowed down enough that it’s not as effective for math people as it could be. “I

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UCLA Life Sciences Revamped How It Teaches Math. Is It an Example Others Should Follow?

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It was from his dean, who said that the department had inspected their freshman calculus course, “Calculus for Life Sciences.” And while women are the majority of workers in health-related jobs, as of last year, they’re less present in the physical sciences or, say, engineering.

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Top 5: Rebooting the Oral Exam Tops Most-Read List for October 2023

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How Teaching Should Change, According to a Nobel-Prize-Winning Physicist : Since winning the Nobel Prize for physics in 2001, Carl Wieman has devoted the bulk of his energies to trying to improve teaching. Readers Respond: Does Fixing the Leaky STEM Pipeline Require Calculus To Adapt? Will the ideas catch on?

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How To Make Someone Not Hate Math

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A respected math teacher at a K-12 public charter school in Apple Valley, California, Holifield was in steep physical decline. But a case of “senioritis” caused her to drop out of high school calculus. Cullum dropped out of calculus after that semester. She had taken Algebra I, Algebra II and calculus with him.

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Relationships Matter in Student Affairs — But So Do Data and Strategy

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I took Calculus I, II, and III in high school at the local college, and when I enrolled at the University of Virginia, my courses included honors chemistry and physics for physics majors—although I did not major in physics. I grew up as a self-described math and science nerd.

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If We’re Serious About Student Well-Being, We Must Change the Systems Students Learn In

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Research shows that excessive homework leads to increased stress, physical health problems and a lack of balance in students' lives. That’s troubling because studies show that students who take AP classes and exams are twice as likely to report adverse physical and emotional health.

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