by Kim | Nov 29, 2018 | Tech Corner, Vol. 24
The Online Learning Consortium awarded the 2018 Digital Learning Innovation awards to: Arizona State University & University of Central Florida for their use of ALEKS across their respective mathematics programs.The 2018 DLIAward – Institution category,...
by Kim | Oct 12, 2018 | Tech Corner, Vol. 23
Condense, Customize, Collaborate, and Complete: Thank you to Nicole Franics, Vikki Maurer and Claire Burke for sharing their experience! Our mathematics department at Linn Benton Community College in Oregon was struggling with how to solve several problems within our...
by Kim | Oct 1, 2018 | Vol. 23
When teaching children to read, no one said we can’t sneak a little math into the lesson as well. There are many children’s books with math themes. You can have your future Elementary Teachers create a sample activity or lesson around one as an assignment. Sir...
by Kim | Oct 1, 2018 | Vol. 23
In 2015 Standard & Poor’s, Gallup, the World Bank, and George Washington University crafted a short five question quiz to test financial literacy across the globe, two-thirds of respondents failed the quiz, and the United States didn’t make the top ten for...
by Kim | Sep 9, 2018 | Tech Corner, Timely Tips, Vol. 22
Failure rates in College Algebra courses are high across the country and present significant barriers to earning STEM degrees because mathematical sciences courses in the first two years of college function as pathways for many different science and engineering...
