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Mathematics for Sustainable Development

Scientix

CC-By provided by the author The Mathematics for Sustainable Development (MaSuD) Erasmus+ project combines two educational issues: math anxiety and raising awareness on environmental issues. To address these two educational issues, we decided to create the context of learning mathematics through open-ended environment related problems.

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Math Anxiety Hurts Too Many Kids. Here’s How We Can Curb It.

ED Surge

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. We can teach students to use reappraisal techniques to harness anxiety as a form of energy that can fuel their hard work and improvement.

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The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics

Stephen Wolfram

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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Teach Critical Thinking

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Manage your city so it’s energy efficient and sustainable. . George Polya presented by the Mathematical Association of America. Do these descriptions sound familiar (ask your game-playing students)? Take the helm of your own country and work together with others to solve international problems! How to Critically Think.

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A Case for ‘Radical Simplification’ in Higher Education

ED Surge

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. So I’ve stopped prioritizing time and energy to anything that doesn’t seem to matter, and to stop feeling guilty about it.

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Professional Development Is Dying — and It's Most Evident in My Local Teacher Community

ED Surge

Without us, the local affiliates, there was no source for teacher PD in K-12 mathematics that was run by and for local teachers. Increases in teacher expectations and scrutiny are staggering, and many of my colleagues simply do not have the energy to think about anything other than what’s happening within the walls of their classrooms.

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As STEM evolves, so does South Carolina’s Coalition for Mathematics & Science

STEMx

Peters describes South Carolina’s Coalition for Mathematics & Science. The coalition, created in 1993, under a different name, initially worked to support science and mathematics education in the state. Michelin North America, Duke Energy and DuPont. That’s how Thomas T. A: Every partner we have is notable in its own way.