Current Mathematics News Today
Jazz News: The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (All About Jazz)
“The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics" was awarded the Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 1965. It is based on the book by Norton Juster published two years earlier, a budding romance between a dot and an initially unyieldingly straight line.
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:14:28 GMT
Hawking plans long commute to Canada (Nature)
Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, soon to retire as Lucasian professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge, UK, has accepted a distinguished research chair at Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario.
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:14:49 GMT
District Looks To Improve Math Teaching (Webster-Kirkwood Times)
October 24, 2008 The Webster Groves School District is taking steps to improve its mathematics instruction, as required by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:07:54 GMT
NZQA fails to placate exam blunder pupils (Otago Daily Times)
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority has tried to come to the rescue of 75 Taieri College pupils affected by the NCEA level 1 mathematics exam blunder but parents and pupils are not convinced its intervention is a solution.
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:10:12 GMT
South Africa: Education Dept Sets 50 Percent Performance Target in Maths, Literacy (AllAfrica.com)
Pretoria — The Education Department has put in place measures to support a target set for an average learner to perform no less than 50 percent in literacy and mathematics by 2011.
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:48:33 GMT
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