News tagged with math classes
Inconsistent math curricula hurting US students, study finds
A new study finds important differences in math curricula across U.S. states and school districts. The findings, published in the May issue of the American Journal of Education, suggest that many students across the countr ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 02, 2011 |
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Cooperative learning methods top list of effective approaches for secondary mathematics
Cooperative learning methods have been found to be most effective in raising the math scores of middle and high school students, according to a comprehensive research review by the Johns Hopkins University School of Education's ...
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Jun 26, 2009 |
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It pays to compare: Comparison helps children grasp math concepts
Comparing different ways of solving math problems is a great way to help middle schoolers learn new math concepts, researchers from Vanderbilt and Harvard universities have found.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 10, 2009 |
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Class size matters to those who struggle most
Research shows that class size does matter; and that it matters most for socio-economically disadvantaged learners, the very groups that the Government says it is most concerned about, says Massey University Professor of ...
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Feb 03, 2012 |
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Science magazine honors method that teaches essence of experimentation
Priscilla Laws' love of learning almost came to an abrupt end very early on—when she left kindergarten, where learning was by doing, and entered first grade, where learning was rote. "They promoted me ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Discovering Autism: Homing in on the right label
When autism researchers arrived at Norristown State Hospital near Philadelphia a few years ago, they found a 63-year-old man who rambled on about Elvis Presley, compulsively rocked in his chair and patted the corridor walls.
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Discovering Autism: Services go to those who fight hardest
From the day her son was diagnosed with autism nine years ago, Stacie Funk has made it her full-time job to find him the best possible help. Hiring lawyers and experts to press her case, she established herself as a mother ...
Dec 19, 2011 |
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China's economic stability depends on more education, economist says
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the world holds a collective breath waiting to see whether China’s white-hot economy blazes ahead or fizzles, Stanford economist Scott Rozelle is talking up a plan to protect the country’s ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Putting a face -- and a fingerprint -- to a name
Bill Conner runs a defense company whose customers are threatened by new forms of global attack every day.
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Cooking in the classroom to fight childhood obesity
Based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other reports that childhood obesity has tripled over the past 30 years, we recognize the importance of reaching our children early to form good food habits. However, ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Auctions, traffic, selfishness, and data privacy: It all comes down to math
Every time you run a Google search, a split-second automated auction takes place to determine which of many competing companies will get to fill the ad space in your browsing window. The program controlling ...
Nov 08, 2011 |
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Fighting violent gang crime with math
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA mathematicians working with the Los Angeles Police Department to analyze crime patterns have designed a mathematical algorithm to identify street gangs involved in unsolved violent crimes. Their research ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Math disability linked to problem relating quantities to numerals
Children who start elementary school with difficulty associating small exact quantities of items with the printed numerals that represent those quantities are more likely to develop a math-related learning ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 25, 2011 |
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