With the Winter Olympics beginning in Vancouver this February, Adam Johnson, a physics professor at Weber State University in Utah, point out that more than one Olympic sport has its roots in physics. Both aerial skiing and figure skating share the same principle of rotational momentum.
What is making Anderson Elementary School’s scores on California’s Academic Performance Index jump 136 points (to 810 out of 1,000) in one year? It is never easy to prove a cause-and-effect relationship in education, but three ingredients associated with success in other schools are at work: high expectations for everyone, constant assessment and family involvement.
Co-educational schools in England are experimenting with single-sex classes for core subjects. This has been “prompted by fewer girls studying math and science after the age of 16, despite performing as well as or better than boys.”
The Bloodhound is a newly designed car being built in Britain. It will be constructed to travel far in excess of the speed of sound. The time trial is scheduled for 2011 in South Africa.
There is still a lot of work to do to increase our students’ skills and enthusiasm about mathematics and algebra. On October 15th, both the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle reported on a test of math skills for fourth and eighth graders. The test is the National Assessment of Educational Progress, given to 329,000 fourth- and eighth-grade students.
Mathematics and how teens are performing in math are important news stories – not only in California but nationally, and internationally. MiP highlights and posts articles from a wide range of publications and media. Importantly, we are always on the lookout for articles that feature new thinking about algebra. We invite you to browse our archives and to submit news sources that enhance our thinking about math.
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