Concrete examples don't help students learn math, study finds April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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A new study challenges the common practice in many classrooms of teaching mathematical concepts by using “real-world,” concrete examples. Researchers led by Jennifer Kaminski, researcher scientist at Ohio State University’s ... | |
Mathematicians find new solutions to an ancient puzzle March 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 80 vote(s)
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Many people find complex math puzzling, including some mathematicians. Recently, mathematician Daniel J. Madden and retired physicist, Lee W. Jacobi, found solutions to a puzzle that has been around for centuries. | |
 Brain waves pattern themselves after rhythms of nature February 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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The same rules of physics that govern molecules as they condense from gas to liquid, or freeze from liquid to solid, also apply to the activity patterns of neurons in the human brain. University of Chicago ... | |
New method ranks quality of scientific journals by field February 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Worldwide, the number of scientists is increasing as is the number of scientific journals and published papers, the latter two thanks in large part to the rise of electronic publishing. Scientists and other researchers are ... | |
 In the race to the top, zigzagging is more efficient than a straight line February 20, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it isn’t necessarily the fastest or easiest path to follow. | |
 Math Models Snowflakes January 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Three-dimensional snowflakes can now be grown in a computer using a program developed by mathematicians at UC Davis and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. | |
 Linking low frequency hearing to the cochlea's curvature April 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Shape matters, even in hearing. Specifically, it is the shape of the cochlea — the snail-shell-shaped organ in the inner ear that converts sound waves into nerve impulses that the brain deciphers — which proves ... | |
 A crystal that nature may have missed January 03, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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For centuries, human beings have been entranced by the captivating glimmer of the diamond. What accounts for the stunning beauty of this most precious gem? As mathematician Toshikazu Sunada explains in an ... | |
Public schools as good as private schools in raising math scores, study says May 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Students in public schools learn as much or more math between kindergarten and fifth grade as similar students in private schools, according to a new University of Illinois study of multi-year, longitudinal data on nearly ... | |
Novel mathematical model predicts new wave of drug-resistant HIV infections in San Francisco February 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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A mathematical model shows that a new wave of drug-resistant HIV is rising among among men in San Francisco who have sex with men and that this trend will continue over the next few years, according to a new study from the ... | |
 Perfect symmetry -- explaining the patterns in everyday life February 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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The secrets of symmetry found in nature, art, music and architecture were the focus of a special lecture at Imperial College London this week, delivered by renowned Oxford mathematician, Dr Marcus du Sautoy. | |
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