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The Role of Mathematics in Education

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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? There you can get advice and solve various mathematical problems in college.

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Teachers Believe That AI Is Here to Stay in Education. How It Should Be Taught Is Debatable.

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Zarek Drozda, director of the nonprofit Data Science for Everyone, says his organization has seen interest in offering AI and data science coursework increase among school districts, with the number of states launching data initiatives increasing from one to 29 over the past four years.

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What Does It Mean to Be AI Ready? [Infographic]

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The framework focuses on six core areas: Data Science, Mathematical Reasoning, Creative Problem Solving, Ethics, Applied Experiences and Programming. Click here to see the full infographic. AI Ready learning includes both discrete and embedded AI learning experiences to build literacy and technical skills related to AI.

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What Is Zearn — the Math Platform the Gates Foundation Is Betting Big On?

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One such proposal is to bring data science into high school math curriculum while deemphasizing more-traditional math pathways. We could create a culture around mathematics where mistakes are magic because mistakes are definitely how you learn.

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Learning Pathways for District-Wide Integration of Skills for Innovation

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Lauren Lee, a fifth grade teacher at Ovington School, notes, “This course allowed me to focus on how children use technology to solve real-world problems through mathematics, science and literacy. Everything I learned [from SFI] can be applied to any subject area that I teach.”

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Learning to learn data science, part 1: Beginner’s mind

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

This is a reprint from a series of posts I'm currently doing on data science in teaching, over at Medium. When it comes to learning data science, that’s easy for me, because I had no actual expertise to begin with when I started learning the subject in earnest this past summer. Although I have a Ph.D.

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Will Teachers Listen to Feedback From AI? Researchers Are Betting on It

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It features a talking digital avatar that helps teachers unpack common misconceptions that their students carry in mathematics. “If Copur-Gencturk persisted, supported in part by a federal grant, to create a tutoring-style platform for teachers, as yet unnamed.

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