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Finding π using random numbers and probability. This short demonstrates a Monte Carlo approach, showing how randomness and statistics can converge to an accurate estimate of pi through repeated trials ...

Math teacher Emma Chiappetta uses a three-round exercise to help students not only recognize their errors, but also generate ...

Students, parents and school principals all instinctively know that some teachers are better than others. Education researchers have spent decades trying — with mixed success — to calculate exactly ...

Mansplaining has a way of showing up when no one asked for it, usually delivered with a level of confidence that doesn’t match the facts. And it’s rarely limited to one topic—men will “lecture” women ...

They found that students assigned to teachers who used more mathematical vocabulary in their lessons made greater progress ...

Math anxiety grows from stress, culture, and experience, not ability. By changing how we teach, test, and talk about math, we ...

It's already been determined that male math bias exists, but this is the first time that we're seeing gender bias directly ...

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through ...

You and I go out to eat at a conveyer-belt sushi restaurant. It serves four types of sushi: ahi roll, Boston roll, caterpillar roll and dragon roll. We each have access to our own conveyer belt that ...

Meagan is a former Series 7 financial advisor and current writer focused on blending straightforward information with a dose of humor on topics including equity investments, insurance products, and ...

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