Education News and Bookmarking for Mathetude community http://www.mathetude.com:80/rss/stories/upcoming.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/images/logo.png http://www.mathetude.com:80/ vi-vn Copyright (c) 2007 Mathetude.com javacola@gmail.com Sat May 19 18:50:17 CST 2012 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.mathetude.com:80/ The brain is perhaps the most fascinating organ in the human body. It controls everything from breathing to emotions to learning. If you work with children, here are some facts that you might find helpful, from how the brain affects learning to facts about memory to interesting facts about the brain that you can share with your students http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13969.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/13969.html Mathetude tandnshobert 08/12/2011 How much do your kindergarten teacher and classmates affect the rest of your life? Interesting article to spur conversation. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/10643.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/10643.html Mathetude tandnshobert 29/07/2010 Passing algebra, geometry and calculus is one thing. Mastering the skills needed to pay bills, balance a checkbook, make car and mortgage payments is quite another. Chicago's 113,166 public high school students may soon get a steady diet of both. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/7042.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/7042.html Mathetude tandnshobert 23/04/2009 More challenging middle-school math classes and increased access to advanced courses in predominantly black urban high schools may be the key to closing the racial academic achievement gap, according to a University of Illinois study. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/7041.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/7041.html Mathetude tandnshobert 22/04/2009 President Obama and his team have alternated praise for the goals of President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind law with criticism of its weaknesses, all the while keeping their own plans for the law a bit of a mystery. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/7040.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/7040.html Mathetude tandnshobert 22/04/2009 After years of debating the idea of national content standards, representatives from 41 states convened in Chicago today in what organizers hope will be a first, concrete step toward common guidelines in mathematics and English-language arts. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/7039.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/7039.html Mathetude tandnshobert 22/04/2009 Students learn more when taught general math theories that help them understand formulas and procedures or when allowed to compare ways of solving problems, according to Vanderbilt University research. "Teaching children the basic concept behind math problems was more useful than teaching children a procedure for solving the problems -- " http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/6978.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/6978.html Mathetude tandnshobert 13/04/2009 Navy helps Smithfield students build min-submarines. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/6882.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/6882.html Mathetude tandnshobert 01/04/2009 TALLAHASSEE - High-school students would have to pass the FCAT and higher-level math and science courses to receive diplomas under a plan Republicans are pushing in the state House and Senate. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/6785.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/6785.html Mathetude tandnshobert 20/03/2009 As the New Jersey Department of Education continues to redesign its high school curriculum to add more rigor, officials have moved away from one of the proposed plan's most controversial elements: requiring all students to pass Algebra II. http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/6784.html http://www.mathetude.com:80/story/view/6784.html Mathetude tandnshobert 20/03/2009