Category Archives: Mathematics in Society

Function Association

Today I began assisting and sitting in on a one-week Advanced Placement Summer Institute at Western Kentucky University. I am helping in the beginning and experienced Calculus AB teachers’  workshop led by Benita Albert from Oak Ridge in Tennessee. Even … Continue reading

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What’s in a name?

There are phrases that one very often sees and may fall in the habit of using without necessarily spending some time to question them. I am sure to try to do that for all words we use would be unbearable … Continue reading

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A look at the word “average”

Related to the symptomatic overuse of percentage in modern articles is the somewhat obscure use of the word “average.” This word is used in so many instances that it seems it has blended, in a rather subtle way, into the fabric … Continue reading

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Über-Geekery

If you blog using WordPress, you may have heard of Jetpack. WordPress’ website says, Jetpack is a WordPress plugin that supercharges your self-hosted WordPress site with the awesome cloud power of WordPress.com. It provides such capabilities as Subscriptions, Sharing, Statistics, Contact Forms, … Continue reading

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Mathletes

One of our readers (Matt) suggested the following video to us. I think the video really demonstrates the fact that we should support students in their academics. Enjoy the video! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AGT4M3Z1OM

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