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There are 4 item(s) tagged with the keyword "math education".
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1. Gender Differences in Math Ability: What's the Science Say?
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By Katrina Hunter | April 25, 2017
Research Assistant, ETRI was in a college calculus course. We were learning how to use quadrants and angles to solve functions.
People can either solve the function visually, or by calculating out their answer. As we were going through different problems, I was using the visual method to solve the function. My instructor commented that it was good that I could solve the equation that way, and that it was rare for women to be able to visualize the solutions.
- By Katrina Hunter
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2. How Teaching Helped Me Be a Better Researcher
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By Emily Green, MA | March 30 2017
Research Assistant, ETRThere is something about being a teacher that you carry with you, even if you transition to something else. I didn’t expect to become a K-12 science teacher, but I loved doing it. Now, I find myself being a teacher in everything I do. It gets into your blood. It changes the way you think. And I cannot thank my students enough for changing me in this way.
- By Emily Green, MA
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3. Building Math Confidence: It Takes Math to Make a STEM Career
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By Eloy Ortiz, MURP | October 4, 2016
Our nation has a vital interest in building a better pipeline to careers in STEM. However, females, Blacks and Latinos are substantially underrepresented in tech professions. ETR has had a longstanding commitment to exploring ways to boost the presence of women and underrepresented minorities in the tech world. A number of our research projects explore strategies to support a more diverse presence in the field.
- By Eloy Ortiz, MURP
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4. Extra Innings: Using a Video Game and Baseball to Teach Science and Math
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By Erica Marsh | September 15, 2016
Extra Innings is a new project which will be building a mobile video game to teach math and science. It’s a collaboration between ETR, dfusion and Science of Sport.
What’s new and different about it? We’re using a curriculum called Science of Baseball as the foundation, and we’ll be doing a formal evaluation of its efficacy.
- By Erica Marsh
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