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 Students get creative at Mathematics Fair
Summary: One hundred-sixty projects were submitted that covered a wide-range of math topics . . .
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 Projects make learning math fun
Summary: Middle school students are learning more than angles in math class. . .
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 Origami, Red Sox and tic tac toe
Summary: Projects by Watertown High School students accounted for 12 of the posters displayed at this year’s math exposition . . .
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 Expo Highlights Creative Achievements
Summary: Over 2,000 students participated in Math Fairs leading up to this event. . .
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 Lawrence teachers lauded
Summary: Lawrence High School math teachers Allen Olsen and Joe Bishop were featured in "Mathematics Teachers" . . .
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 The Forefront of Math Education
Summary: Two Lawrence High School math teachers, Allen Olsen and Joe Bishop, have been featured in recent articles in Mathematics Teachers . . .
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 Making Math Count
Summary: Professor Glenn Stevens on the push for new standards
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 Math Initiatives Show What Can Be Done
Summary: Your provocative front-page article raises core questions about our values as mathematics educators. . .
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 Students get creative at annual Math Expo
Summary: The Mathematics Department sponsored its second annual Mathematics Exposition . . .
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 Local students put math to work
Summary: After squaring speeds, converting and multiplying measurements and dividing by his weight, 14-year-old Luis Rosado knows he would have to run a 40-yard dash in 4.01 seconds to knock down an NFL player . . .
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 Students pick up math expertise
Summary: Eighth-grade students Heather Kobayashi and Paul Suhijthamapan believe they can demonstrate how to solve mathematical problems through paper folding . . .
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 Math teachers go back to school
Summary: During a recent afternoon at Arlington High School, the media room was filled with chatter and laughter . . .
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 Math tutors target teachers
Summary: In the sunny library of an elementary school, Janis Cataldo played with pennies and styrofoam cups, trying to unravel a math equation. . . .
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 Course answer to math problem?
Summary: Last year, Waltham was one of five school districts to receive a five-year, $10 million National Science Foundation grant to boost the way math is taught. . . .
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 Math No Problem For These Kids
Summary: Students from Waltham, Watertown, and other Greater Boston communities were to show off their problem-solving prowess . . .
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 Math Expo News Advisory
Summary: A first-ever Student Mathematics Exposition will highlight the most creative achievements . . .
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 Chaos in the Classroom
Summary: A packed auditorium of over 400 Arlington high school mathematics students: All eyes are fixed on the computer-projected images in the front of the room . . .
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 New math initiative
Summary: Researchers will soon give about 400 Massachusetts teachers some lessons on math instruction. . .
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  In Addition
Summary: Stevens and the CAS Department of Mathematics and Statistics lead a consortium that has just been awarded a $10 million Math-Science Partnership grant from the National Science Foundation. . . .
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 Kick-Off Event
Summary: Nearly 140 guests attended a Colloquium and Reception on December 5th, 2003. . . .
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 Training Program for Teachers
Summary: Children typically are taken with mathematics when they are young and the basic concepts of the field seem new and exciting. But adolescents and teenagers often lose interest in the subject . . .
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 $10M for Math Education
Summary: Boston University and the Education Development Center will begin a five-year Focus on Mathematics partnership, aiming to improve math education in grades 5 through 12. . . . .
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 NSF awards $10 million
Summary: The National Science Foundation awarded a $10 million grant to Boston University, five Boston-area school districts and Newton-based Educational Development Center Inc. . . .
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 Building local math community
Summary: "Mathematics is a vital discipline. It is essential to being a well-informed citizen. . . . ."
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 FoM to Welcome Partners
Summary: "Focus on Mathematics" is sponsoring a colloquium and reception for teachers, school superintendents, researchers, and mathematicians affiliated with this new math-education improvement program . . .
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 Watertown to get math help
Summary: Watertown Public Schools are part of a $10 million Focus on Math Grant, funded by the National Science Foundation, designed to improve the teaching of math by partnering districts with math scholars from local universities. . . .
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 Improving Math Education
Summary: Supported by a five-year, $10-million grant from the National Science Foundation, researchers at BU and EDC will join with five local school districts to improve the teaching of mathematics . . .
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 Improving Math Teaching
Summary: BU — in partnership with (EDC) and five Boston-area school districts — has been awarded a $10 million grant from the NSF to build a mathematical community of expert teachers who will collaborate with university mathematicians and educators in a sustained effort to increase student achievement. . . .
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