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Photo: Christopher Lynch, chair of Clarkson University's Division of Mathematics and Computer Science. (Courtesy Clarkson University.) In 1971, an enterprising hacker discovered that the plastic whistle that came in a Captain Crunch cereal box ...
2010-01-25 02:57:00
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A lack of confidence in their ability to add, subtract and divide is easily passed on to female pupils, it was disclosed. The study, which was based on 117 infants in the US, found that many girls had a “significantly worse” grasp of maths after ...
2010-01-25 06:03:00
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Gerald Boarman, the chancellor of the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, said today he is stepping down at the end of the school year. Boarman said in an email to faculty and staff of the elite public high school that he is retiring ...
2010-01-25 02:57:00
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Women teachers' anxiety about math may undermine girls' confidence in learning the subject and decrease their performance in fields that depend on a grasp of math fundamentals, such as science and engineering, research at the University of Chicago ...
2010-01-25 02:28:00
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MONDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Female elementary school teachers who are anxious about their math skills seem to pass on that lack of confidence to their female students, new research suggests. Girls in their classes more likely to believe that ...
2010-01-25 04:01:00
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"Having a highly math-anxious female teacher may push girls to confirm the stereotype that they are not as good as boys at math, which in turn, affects girls' math achievement," said Sian Beilock, Associate Professor in Psychology and the Committee ...
2010-01-25 02:50:00
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Barber currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, the Board of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Foundation, the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation as well as other civic ...
2010-01-25 07:19:00
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T wo years ago, many of us had never heard of either Bernie Madoff or the phrase "Ponzi scheme." Now, we are all much more wary about investment fraud. What are some of the signs that should set off the alarm bells in our minds? How can you tell how ...
2010-01-25 12:05:00
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The 34th annual World Finals of the IBM-sponsored ACM ICPC challenges students to solve real-world problems using open technology and advanced computing methods under a grueling five-hour deadline. More than one hundred three-person teams from ...
2010-01-25 12:27:00
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Science educators and thought leaders from across the country will examine the importance of technology in the classroom with focus on national STEM initiative and 21st-century skill-building NEW YORK, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill Education's ...
2010-01-25 12:48:00
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CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS — I am at the toll. Mexico is in front of me: the neighborhoods where the walls go unpainted; the fence, the patrollers, the river. I want to cross it to eat pulparindos, horchata and frijoles; to call my mother using a ...
2010-01-25 11:29:00
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The red specks highlight where the integrity of the brain's white matter is significantly less in the teens who binge drink, compared to those who do not. Courtesy of Susan Tapert/Tim McQueeny, UCSD The red specks highlight where the integrity of the ...
2010-01-25 12:59:00
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PLAQUEMINE — The Iberville Parish school system is seeing increasing interest of private school students and students who attend school outside the parish for enrollment in its two Math, Science and Arts academies in Plaquemine and St. Gabriel ...
2010-01-25 12:24:00
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Less than one month before Haiti's devastating earthquake, geologist Claude Prepetit gave the latest in a string of warnings that the "big one" was coming. No one listened. But now he has a fresh message for the authorities after 20 years of shouting ...
2010-01-25 02:04:00
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Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit from the Pros newsletter: http://at.zacks.com/?id=5513 VoIP services, which represent a significant threat to traditional network-based phone services, is about to see ...
2010-01-25 07:47:00
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