It’s getting tougher to assess how much university students have learnt. In his work as a Mathematical Statistics lecturer, Michael von Maltitz has tried a new way of getting students to learn, and of ...
What do a 20th-century physicist, an 18th-century statistician and an ancient Greek philosopher have in common? They all knew how to extrapolate with incredible accuracy. Columnist Jacob Aron explains ...
His long career began before the advent of MRIs and other advanced technologies, when the brain was still an ‘undiscovered ...
Baez called for the development of new mathematics — he called it “green” math — to better capture the workings of Earth’s biosphere and climate. For his part, he sought to apply category theory, a ...
Sophie Koonin discusses the realities of large-scale technical migrations, using Monzo’s shift to TypeScript as a roadmap. She explains how to handle "bends in the road," from documentation and ...
A teacher's gender and comfort with technology factor into whether artificial intelligence is adopted in the classroom, as shown in a new report. A teacher's gender and comfort with technology factor ...
These instructional materials offer many advantages such as ensuring that students experience mathematics instruction aligned with grade-level standards, providing teachers with consistent, ...