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BYU Student teaches math using principles of design

July 26, 2023 09:18 AM
An excerpt from the published BYU article "BYU projects show how students are prepared to make an impact on the world"
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Finding the MOST Teachable Moments

June 07, 2021 09:17 PM
Imagine yourself sitting in your high school math class. As your teacher is speaking, another student raises his hand to ask a question, and he and your teacher start having their own back-and-forth dialogue about an equation that has been written on the board. Lost in the commotion of what is now going on between the other student and the teacher, you start drifting off. As you drift off, you miss important information that may have answered some of your own questions.
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Using Math to Understand Your World—And Your Neighbor

May 03, 2018 02:56 PM
Like all math teachers, Professor Kate Johnson of the Mathematics Education Department studies variables. The variables that Johnson examines, however, usually don’t show up on the page.
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Lessons Learned (and Taught) while Traveling the World in a Canoe

January 18, 2018 10:51 AM
In the summer of 2014, BYU alum Linda Furuto sailed across the equator in a canoe. The canoe—a traditional Polynesian voyaging vessel named Hōkūle‘a—was manned by 13 crew members and navigated entirely using the wind, stars, and God’s other creations for guidance.
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The Teacher’s Craft: How Japan Fosters Great Teaching Methods

November 07, 2017 11:06 AM
It’s an old story that’s resurrected every few years when an international assessment of math publishes its results: The U.S. students are trounced again by the students from several East Asian countries. Some even dismiss these studies all together after a popular book by Malcolm Gladwell hypothesized that students in other countries score higher simply because they work harder. Country scores on one of the most popular international assessments, the TIMSS, are almost perfectly predicted by a measure of work ethic of a country. The students score higher in East Asian countries because they are taught, and pressured, to work so hard—case closed.
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Ocean Voyager, Mathematics Professor to Deliver Honored Alumni Lecture

September 18, 2017 12:17 PM
What do BYU, mathematics, and voyaging canoes have in common? Dr. Linda Furuto.
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From a Love of Math to a Love of Teaching Math

November 22, 2016 11:52 AM
Sharon Christensen always liked math, and she enjoyed helping others with math.
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Making the MOST Out of Mathematical Thinking

November 18, 2016 11:58 AM
Teachers need to take advantage of key moments in a classroom, and Professors Keith Leatham and Blake Peterson have been working to pinpoint these significant teachable moments in the classroom.
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Math Education Alumnus Becomes Utah Valley Educator of the Week

November 16, 2016 12:04 PM
The Daily Herald named BYU Mathematics Education alumnus Stephen Scott the Utah Valley Educator of the Week on September 21, 2016. An anonymous faculty member at Provo High School nominated him for this recognition.
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CPMS Students in High Demand at Utah Teacher Fair

June 20, 2016 02:37 PM
Schools from across the country and students throughout the state gathered together for the Utah Teacher Fair, giving CPMS students in teaching majors an opportunity to meet with potential employers.
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Blake Peterson Encourages Students to “Hold Fast” To Testimony

June 08, 2016 01:49 PM
Chair of the Department of Mathematics Education Blake Peterson encouraged students to “hold fast to the things that you know are true,” in his May 24 devotional address.
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BYU Discover STEM Fair Captivates Budding Scientists

May 20, 2016 01:34 PM
When it comes to teaching the fundamentals of math and science, there is no better way than by example.
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The Youthful Side of STEM

February 16, 2016 01:06 PM
If chronic boredom in middle school math and science were a disease, then we have the cure: a fair called MEA Discover STEM at BYU.
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At the Core of Common Core

September 09, 2015 12:59 PM
Through papers and practice exercises, mathematics education professor Dawn Teuscher works to ease the transition for grade-school math teachers into the new government-issued curriculum requirements.
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Problem-Solving Starts with Math

September 09, 2015 12:12 PM
Department of Mathematics Education professor Amy Tanner works to push her students out of their comfort zone to become independent problem-solvers.
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The Hart of Geometry

July 29, 2015 12:10 PM
Art and geometry worked hand-in-hand on Thursday July 9 and Friday July 10 in the Talmage building as George Hart came to show BYU students how to make math fun.
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Solving Mysteries Through Research

July 15, 2015 12:31 PM
Associate professor Keith Leatham feels extremely blessed that he has been able to take his curiosity about and passion for mathematics teaching and learning and turn it into a job.
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Opening Young Minds to Science

March 04, 2015 02:46 PM
With drones flying around the room, people taking turns sitting in a gravity chair, and slime covering tables, the Mathematics Education Association (MEA) STEM Fair looked like a dream come true for the science-minded, and that observations isn’t far off the mark.
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