Boys or girls, we get good at what we practice
We can deny it, but test after test (whether valid or not) shows boys score well in higher math and girls in elementary reading. What to do?
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Stats can link higher ed access, voting patterns
Unemployment rates and access to a university education can influence the way certain areas vote, one study about Brexit has shown.
For early math, let kids count on their fingers
Should kids be taught to count on their fingers when figuring out simple arithmetic? New research suggests the pedagogical tool may be good after all.
Hillcrest applies quadratic equation to bottle rockets
Students at a suburban IL high school calculated how high launches took their bottle rockets during an outdoor class earlier this month.
Algebra 1 PARCC: graphing inequalities
Graphing the solution to a system of linear inequalities is likely to come up on the PARCC test in algebra 1. Are you ready?
Algebra 1 PARCC: home price stats
Measures of central tendency and the spread of data, including outliers, will come into play as students take the PARCC test in algebra 1 this spring.
Math models can predict dropout rates
As the number of classes students fail goes up, so do the chances they'll drop out, a new mathematical modeling approach has found.
Math could help us understand our bodies, disease
Scientists from Berkeley and Mich. develop a model from a math perspective for how genes are expressed in different cells at different stages.
Algebra 1 PARCC: system of inequalities
Creating 2 equations in 2 unknowns to describe a set of conditions is a skill algebra 1 students need if they'll be taking the PARCC test this spring.
Algebra 1 PARCC: racing cars
How would you figure out (and explain) when one car, traveling at a given speed, will overtake another car that had a head start?