NEWSLETTER October 2019 What's new in the world of math and education this month? |
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Sometimes a change of perspective is all it takes. Or in the world of mathematics perhaps a change of dimension. Often taking a 2D problem and examining it in 3D, or any change of dimensions up or down, can have a profound effect on how a problem can be tackled. |
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Math News 3D Fractals Offer Clues To Complex Systems Laura DeMarco, a professor at Northwestern University, and Kathryn Lindsey, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago. They begin with a plain old polynomial equation, the kind grudgingly familiar to any high school math student: f(x) = x^2 – 1. Instead of graphing it or finding its roots, they take the unprecedented step of transforming it into a 3-D object. | | |
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Child Development Babies Understand Counting Years Earlier Than Believed Babies who are years away from being able to say "one," "two," and "three" actually already have a sense of what counting means, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have discovered. The findings reveal that very early on, years earlier than previously believed, babies who hear counting realize that it's about quantity. | | |
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Monthly Mind-Bending Math Video A change in dimension can have a profound impact on the way a problem can be looked at. Taking a 2D problem, elevatinbg it to 3D only to the project it back down to 2D can make a hard problem very approachable. |
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From The Research Emphasizing Social Play In Kindergarten Improves Academics, Reduces Teacher Burnout Emphasizing more play, hands-on learning, and students helping one another in kindergarten improves academic outcomes, self-control and attention regulation, finds new UBC research. The study, published today in the journal PLoS One, found this approach to kindergarten curriculum also enhanced children's joy in learning and teachers' enjoyment of teaching, and reduced bullying, peer ostracism, and teacher burnout. | | |
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Quantum Math Quantum Questions Inspire New Math Mathematics might be more of an environmental science than we realize. Even though it is a search for eternal truths, many mathematical concepts trace their origins to everyday experience. Astrology and architecture inspired Egyptians and Babylonians to develop geometry. The study of mechanics during the scientific revolution of the 17th century brought us calculus. | | |
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