Math News Archives

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• Overcome Math Anxiety and Conquer Your Finances

  If you skip balancing your checkbook and gloss over your credit card interest charges, you may have a financially debilitating aversion to math. For some people, the tendency to avoid dealing with numbers stems from math anxiety, a lack of ...
  2014-01-03 09:13:00

• 'Math is a lot of fun' says Dean's Medalist Zahra Hussaini

  questions. As I took more physics, I realized how much it depended on math. I took a couple of the intro upper-division math classes and they were really fun. Then I started to like math for its own sake because it’s really, really fun.
  2014-01-03 09:06:00

• Kirkland teacher Pfaff wins Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching

  Kirkland elementary teacher Nancy Pfaff was named the Washington recipient of the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching for mathematics.
  2014-01-03 04:44:52

• N.Y. gets waiver to limit middle-school math tests

  ALBANY — New York was granted a federal waiver to cut back on mathematics testing for students in 7th and 8th grades, Education Commissioner John King said Thursday. The state in October requested the waiver amid growing criticism over the ...
  2014-01-02 09:14:00

• Unemployed in Europe Hobbled by Lack of Technology Skills

  DUBLIN — Week after week, newspapers issue a stream of hopeful headlines: Microsoft, PayPal, Fujitsu and scores of other companies are expanding their investments in Ireland, creating thousands of jobs as unemployment hovers near record highs.
  2014-01-03 07:09:00

• Web Semantics: Language as vector space mathematics

  http://www.technologyreview.com/view/519581/how-google-converted-language-translation-into-a-problem-of-vector-space-mathematics/ “Computer science is changing the nature of the translation of words and sentences from one language to another.
  2014-01-03 04:25:00

• New Canaan Math Educator Receives Presidential Teaching Award

  NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- Maren Sussman, a math specialist for New Canaan Public Schools, is one of two Connecticut teachers to receive the annual Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. Sussman is invited along with 101 other science and math teachers from ...
  2014-01-03 01:35:08

• Maternity Mathematics Teacher

  Single accommodation available. Applications should be submitted by Friday 17 January 2014.
  2014-01-03 11:13:31

• Paul J. Sally, Jr., Influential Mathematician and Educator, 1933-2013

  Legendary University of Chicago Mathematics Professor Paul J. Sally, Jr., who was known for his love of mathematics at all educational levels, died Dec. 30 at age 80.
  2014-01-03 12:37:11

• Tainan Enterprises Co., Ltd : New General Mathematics Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at National Cheng Kung University

  The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from National Cheng Kung University, "Thus, this study proposes an objective approach to automatically identify the regions of spectral distinctiveness between two syllables, which is used for speech ...
  2014-01-02 09:31:00

• Education ministry seeks $150 million for math project

  EDUCATION Minister Ronald Thwaites says the ministry is committed to identifying approximately $150 million in additional resources during the 2014/15 fiscal year to advance the national mathematics project, which is aimed at achieving grade ...
  2014-01-02 06:29:00

• New Canaan teacher to receive White House recognition

  Maren Sussman , math specialist for New Canaan Public Schools , is one of two Connecticut teachers who will receive the annual Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
  2014-01-03 09:52:14

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