Similar Articles |
|
T.H.E. Journal April 2004 |
The Math Slate The Math Slate uses an old-fashioned chalkboard motif to teach students ages 5 through 10 basic math skills. |
InternetNews April 26, 2011 |
Google Puts $6 Million Into Open Source Summer Google pushes forward on its Summer of Code effort, helping over a thousand students and 175 open source projects. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2009 |
Student Attitudes: Online Learning Students participating in a survey reveal their opinions about online learning courses. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2007 Andrew Matranga |
Solving the Math/Science Riddle The way out of our most serious educational challenge may lie in a host of new digital curriculum supplements. |
HHMI Bulletin Spring 2013 Robert Tjian |
President's Letter: Ripple Effect HHMI is awarding a $22.5 million, 5-year grant to the National Math and Science Initiative to expand UTeach, an established training program aimed at preparing science and math majors to become teachers. |
AskMen.com Terence Channon |
Personal Finance: Build Your Pot Of Gold Here are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions posed by neophyte gold investors about building a pot of gold. |
T.H.E. Journal February 17, 2010 Patricia Deubel |
Web 2.0 in Instruction: Adding Spice to Math Education Mathematics lags behind other subjects in class-centered web 2.0 communities for children, and an even larger lag in informal, recreational communities. |
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 Jennifer Demski |
Learning to Speak Math The presence of a bilingual educator is proving pivotal to the success of technology initiatives aimed at developing Spanish-speaking students' grasp of both the concepts and the language of mathematics. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2, 2009 Ruth Reynard |
5 Ways We're Diminishing Learning by Assuming Face-to-Face Instruction Is Best Face-to-face instruction is often assumed to be the proven method, while other methods have yet to prove themselves. This assumption is not only misleading, but it might also be helping to diminish potential opportunities of better learning for our students. |
Science News May 7, 2005 Ivars Peterson |
Coins in a Row Even seemingly simple mathematical games can have unexpected complications. No one has yet worked out an optimal strategy that works for any number of coins. |
Science News March 31, 2007 Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Math Circles Inspire Students Programs outside of school are helping students discover math on their own. |
T.H.E. Journal October 25, 2007 Ferdig & Boyer |
Can Game Development Impact Academic Achievement? Having students develop games has shown tremendous promise for motivating students, building conceptual knowledge, and improving content knowledge acquisition. |
CIO September 14, 2012 Gary Beach |
Time to Pay It Forward for Better Educated IT Workers The author knows American students lag behind other countries in STEM and thinks McKinsey's 'Closing the Talent Gap' report may be on to something. Is it time we incentivize our best students to forgo the private sector for jobs in public education? |
HHMI Bulletin Feb 2012 |
Raising Their Game When done right professional development can make a real difference for students. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 Alex Roman |
EdVenture Software's Soccer Math While the software is nowhere near arcade-level in its graphics or design, it is a useful math drill program that is ideal for students aged 7-14 who are having difficulties in math, or for those who just need the practice. |
The Motley Fool January 17, 2007 Rich Smith |
3 Things to Know Before You Buy Gold Is it time to buy gold? If you're tempted to buy some of the shiny stuff, here's the myth-debunking you need to read, in three easy parts. |
Science News January 27, 2007 |
Science Safari: Math and Science Education Repository The Applied Math and Science Education Repository serves up applied math and science resources in an easy-to-use format on the Web. |
On Wall Street April 1, 2011 Matthew F. Erskine |
Gold Bullion Versus Coins There are risks when a significant part of an estate is in the physical form of gold coins, whether bullion or numismatics. |
HHMI Bulletin May 2012 Cori Vanchieri |
Jo Handelsman: Engage to Excel How to keep STEM students from jumping ship? |
T.H.E. Journal June 2001 Matt E. Coenen |
Sunburst's Math Arena Math Arena is a fast-paced, graphics and sound-filled interactive CD-ROM that focuses on mathematical problem solving... |
T.H.E. Journal August 27, 2009 Bridget McCrea |
Breaking Through Reading Barriers After using a tech-based reading program with struggling readers and special education students, fourth-grade inclusion teacher Ashlee Ritzko witnessed a new phenomenon: Students that were reluctant or resistant readers were suddenly excited about reading the novels. |
Geotimes April 2007 Vernon J. Ehlers |
Education: Why Do I Have to Learn Geometry? The study of science, technology, engineering and math is critical for every student in our nation, not only for enhancing their opportunities for good jobs, but also for improving our national security and competitiveness. |
Wired Jonathon Keats |
Jargon Watch: Meta-Meta, Kenken, Micromagician, Patternicity New terms for metapuzzles, logic puzzles, magicians, and finding patterns. |
T.H.E. Journal June 2000 Stefani Hite |
Edmark's MindTwister Math Software Review: MindTwister Math is an excellent software choice for a classroom with few computers. Students can use the program individually, but it is designed for use by two or three students at a time.... |
Fast Company November 2009 Elizabeth Svoboda |
Cellphonometry: Can Kids Really Learn Math From Smartphones? Schools are partnering with mobile-phone companies to help kids conquer math. Are smartphone-learning initiatives more than a corporate gimmick? |
Investment Advisor November 2009 Vaughan Scully |
A Short History of Gold Since the dawn of civilization, gold, silver, and other precious metals have been regarded by investors worldwide as a unique store of value. |
HHMI Bulletin Nov 2011 Dan Ferber |
Calling All Teachers This article focuses on preservice training -- training college students and graduates to be STEM teachers. |
Science News November 7, 2008 Tom Siegfried |
The Princeton Companion To Mathematics, Timothy Gowers, Ed Students of math will find this book a helpful reference for understanding their classes; students of everything else will find helpful guides to understanding how math describes it all. |
CIO January 1, 2006 Gary Beach |
A Sensible Proposal America needs math and science teachers. You have knowledgeable employees getting ready to retire. See the connection? IBM does. |
Registered Rep. April 26, 2013 Megan Leonhardt |
All That Glitters... James Rickards is a 35-year veteran of Wall Street and the capital markets. An avowed proponent of holding gold and a critic of the Federal Reserve, he's the author of Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis and a senior managing director of Tangent Capital in New York City. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2000 |
Linking Graphing Tools and Technical Terms Makes Conceptualizing Math Easier A collection of interactive math tools, Let's Do Math: Tools and Things combines a graphing package with a graphing calculator. The graphing capabilities are also linked to a database of 1,100 math terms and definitions. |
T.H.E. Journal July 2008 Christine Fox |
Elementary Schools : The Time Is Now Early diagnosis of academic deficits is pivotal to keeping students from falling irretrievably behind. Formative assessment technology gives teachers the tools to respond. |
The Motley Fool December 21, 2006 Robert Aronen |
Dreaming of a Gold Christmas? A 5%-10% position in gold in your holdings may soften the blow of the next bear market. |
National Defense June 2008 Alan L. Gropman |
Waning Education Standards Threaten U.S. Competitiveness High-quality education is critical to national security, and the United States must address a number of challenges in its educational system if it wants to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy and in key technologies. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2009 Prachi Patel |
Math Quiz: Why Do Men Predominate? It's culture, not biology. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 |
Math+Music program The program utilizes Spatial Temporal Animation Reasoning (STAR) software games that allow students to visualize the problem, identify the structure, and plan steps ahead in their mind to avoid obstacles and efficiently solve the problem. |
T.H.E. Journal February 2008 Jeff Weinstock |
Make It a Test Worth Teaching To Settling the ardent debate over state assessments may start with a most elementary solution. |
IEEE Spectrum February 2012 Kenneth R. Foster |
Review: MathStudio A new smartphone and tablet app runs 300 math functions and your own scripts as well |
Science News May 10, 2003 Ivars Peterson |
Coins for Making Change Efficiently Is ours the optimal choice of coin values for minimizing the number of coins required to handle typical transactions? Computer scientist Jeffrey Shallit of the University of Waterloo has worked out an answer. What the U.S. needs, he says, is an 18-cent piece. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2005 David A. Twibell |
Mining the Mother Lode Gold and gold-related investments have been on a tear the past three years. Regardless of how advisers choose to invest in gold, even long-time gold supporters recommend limiting overall gold exposure to a small portion of clients' assets. |
Financial Advisor September 2010 Alan Lavine |
Gold Stays In Spotlight But investors wrestle with issues surrounding the metal. |
T.H.E. Journal October 2006 Jeff Weinstock |
Math Needs a Makeover Our most pressing educational crisis may boil down to an image problem. |
National Defense September 2010 Mark Russell |
One Company's Approach to Solving the Nation's STEM Dilemma Raytheon understands how to analyze complex systems in a comprehensive manner. These analysis techniques can be applied to the education problem of producing enough technology and engineering graduates. |
T.H.E. Journal September 9, 2009 Dian Schaffhauser |
Which Came First - The Technology or the Pedagogy? A new spin on an old riddle goes to the heart of a conflict between K-12 schools and the colleges of education responsible for cultivating and providing them with new teachers. |
Inc. May 15, 2000 Philip Diehl |
Electric Currency Philip Diehl was director of the U.S. Mint in Washington, D.C., until March, when he became president of E-commerce jewelry company Zale.com. We asked him whether technology has put us on the verge of seeing coins and bills replaced by digital files.... |