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T.H.E. Journal January 2001 |
Three Applications Let Students Explore Math From ImagiWorks, Inc. comes ImagiMath, a suite of three mathematics applications for Palm hand-held devices. The ImagiGraph application serves as a mathematics visualizer; ImagiCalc is a full-featured calculator; and ImagiSolve is a mathematics worksheet and equation solver... |
Science News January 28, 2006 Ivars Peterson |
Math Plus Crime, TV Style More than 12 million people have been tuning in to see the latest episode of the CBS TV series Numb3rs, a crime series that features a mathematician as its superhero, incorporates genuine mathematical vocabulary, and displays the varied trappings of a mathematical life. |
Science News March 4, 2006 Ivars Peterson |
The Limits of Mathematics No matter what the system of axioms or rules is, there will always be some assertion that can be neither proved nor invalidated within the system. |
Science News November 10, 2007 Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Math Trek: Good Stories, Good Math Preschoolers who can tell good stories develop good mathematical skills by the first grade. |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum September 2007 Robert W. Lucky |
Math Blues Has mathematics disappeared behind the screens of our monitors, as have so many other subjects since engineering began to center increasingly on writing software? |
Science News September 17, 2005 Ivars Peterson |
A Mathemusical Potpourri Are you curious about the sound of pi? What sort of tune is the Dow Jones Industrial Average singing today? How does redwood DNA translate into an environmental symphony? A new computer program and Web site allows you to find out. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2012 Robert W. Lucky |
Is Math Still Relevant? The queen of the sciences may someday lose its royal status |
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. |
Scientific American June 20, 2005 Philip E. Ross |
Math without Words Numerical reasoning seems independent of language. |
Science News April 19, 2003 Ivars Peterson |
The Colors of an Equation's Roots A few artists have taken advantage of the techniques used to visualize mathematics to create aesthetically pleasing patterns and intriguing artworks. |
Science News November 29, 2003 Ivars Peterson |
The Cow in the Classroom There is a difference between mathematical exercises disguised as episodes of everyday life and real mathematics applied in the real world. It's a distinction that's not always apparent in the mathematics classroom. |
Science News March 31, 2007 Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Math Circles Inspire Students Programs outside of school are helping students discover math on their own. |
Science News August 14, 2004 |
Women in Mathematics From Maria Gaetana Agnesi to Lai-Sang Young, these Web pages provide biographies of prominent women in mathematics. |
Science News April 14, 2007 Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Euler's Beautiful Equation Leonhard Euler, one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, was born 300 years ago on April 15, 1707. He discovered the equation e ip = -1. |
Chemistry World April 29, 2015 Derek Lowe |
Missing mathematics? `Whether you use it or not, the ability to learn mathematics may be a good proxy for scientific proficiency. But in drug discovery, at least in my end of it, mathematics just doesn't seem to figure in very much. |
Salon.com September 5, 2002 David Appell |
Math = beauty + truth / (really hard) Explaining what the winners of the world's top awards in mathematics actually do isn't as easy as adding 2+2. But we'll give it a try. |
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 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. |
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. |
Science News January 4, 2003 Ivars Peterson |
Sound-Byte Math Music Swedish composer Daniel Cummerow has created mathematical sound bytes belonging to a category known as algorithmic music. Each musical fragment is determined by a mathematical recipe -- a formula that links digits with musical notes and their duration... |
Science News March 18, 2006 |
Explore Your Knowledge Test your math and science knowledge at the National Center for Education Statistics Web site. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2009 Prachi Patel |
Math and Gender Women do best in math wherever women do best in everything else |
Information Today July 16, 2015 |
Springer Begins Co-Publishing Two Fields Institute Journals Springer and the Fields Institute will co-publish Mathematics-in-Industry Case Studies and Fields Mathematics Education Journal, two open access journals. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2001 Joan Bookbinder-Kessler |
Theorist Interactive's Livemath Maker 3.0.1 LiveMath Maker 3.0.1 is an exciting new addition to a family of software products designed to enhance mathematics education from pre-algebra through differential equations... |
Information Today June 27, 2013 |
Mathematics Database zbMATH Rolls Out Enhancements zbMATH, which is the largest database for publications in the pure and applied mathematics fields, has more than 3 million references to international mathematics publications. |
Science News April 30, 2005 Ivars Peterson |
Works in Progress Part of a mathematical education should include some sense of what is known and what is not yet known (and may never be known) and what progress is being made in creating new mathematics. |