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Movies like "A Beautiful Mind" notwithstanding, mathematics rarely gets top billing, or even a cameo appearance, in Hollywood movies. But for students in one math class at Missouri University of Science and Technology, the way they learn their subject will play a starring role for educators hoping to better understand a learning method with roots almost as old as mathematics itself.
2009-03-30 12:29:16
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The biggest is the trend in earnings estimate revisions. Six weeks ago, I said that "chip companies have seen approximately 400 earnings estimates cut". The number of falling forecasts has since declined to just 62. (Both numbers reflect revisions ...
2009-03-30 09:08:00
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Cambodia's UN-backed genocide tribunal on Monday resumed the long-awaited trial of the Khmer Rouge's former chief torturer, more than three decades after the ultra-Communist regime was toppled from power. Kaing Guek Eav, known by his revolutionary ...
2009-03-30 08:11:00
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Lennar Corp ( LEN ) Stock Quote , Chart , News , Add to Watchlist Zacks.com releases the list of companies likely to issue earnings surprises. This week’s list includes Apollo Group APOL and Research in Motion RIMM . Also reporting are Lennar ...
2009-03-30 09:37:00
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Raleigh, N.C. – The NC Science and Engineering Fair announces the winners of its 22nd annual competition that took place on Sat., March 28, at Meredith College. More than 200 young scientists from throughout the state displayed their research ...
2009-03-30 10:12:00
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Washington, March 30 (IANS) Using cell phones or playing video games are not likely to dent children’s academic performance, according to new research. In fact, cell phones had no effect on academic performance among a group of 12-year-olds, the ...
2009-03-30 05:26:00
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KUALA LUMPUR: She's blind and armed with only an abacus but Nur Atiqah Kamaruddin had no problems solving a mathematical equation in fewer than five seconds. The equation given to Nur Atiqah was 343+151-232+520. With just a few strokes on the abacus ...
2009-03-30 10:12:00
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Mathematician Michael Starbird of the University of Texas at Austin refers to the fourth dimension as “eerie, mysterious, and exciting.” It didn't take him long, in a recent Distinguished Lecture simply titled “The Fourth Dimension,” to ...
2009-03-30 10:20:00
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SHELBY - Cleveland County Schools had nearly 80 students who achieved perfect End of Grade test scores during the 2007-2008 school year. "We've done this recognition for the past few years, and it seems like last year was the most we've had," said ...
2009-03-30 07:21:00
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Many of the predictions of quantum theory seem too weird to believe, but the mathematics of fractals could help them make sense, says Mark Buchanan
2009-03-30 06:27:33
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Keith found a New Scientist story about fractals and quantum theory. The article says "Take the mathematics of fractals into account, says Palmer, and the long-standing puzzles of quantum theory may be much easier to understand. They might even dissolve away." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
2009-03-30 08:53:17
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HASTINGS, Neb. (AP)--When Jill Brown meets with farmers and they talk about the challenges they face in their operations, she can do more than just sympathize. Brown and her husband, Mark, are farmers and livestock producers themselves, so she knows ...
2009-03-30 03:46:00
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Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Osiris ...
2009-03-30 04:57:00
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More than 1,600 students entered the competition. Nationally, 300 students were named semifinalists, including three from Kentucky. Dalton Hubble of the Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Bowling Green and Allen Hsaio from ...
2009-03-30 03:32:00
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SMITHFIELD - Goggles over his eyes, Smithfield Middle School seventh-grader Alex Dean solders the copper wires to the motor of the Sea Perch. "I love tinkering around with stuff like this," said Dean, 13, looking up from the remote control-operated ...
2009-03-30 02:41:00
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