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Alayne Armstrong @armstrg.bsky.social · 5d

STEM math night -

UH Mānoa math students spark STEM excitement at Pearl City Elementary | University of Hawaiʻi System News

The activities were designed to make math and science concepts approachable and fun for keiki and their ʻohana.

www.hawaii.edu

Alayne Armstrong @armstrg.bsky.social · 7d

When applied math helps elephants -

How a UTC mathematician is helping elephants find their way home | UTC News

Dr. Lakmali Weerasena, an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, spent her professional development leave designing elephant corridors in…

blog.utc.edu

Alayne Armstrong @armstrg.bsky.social · 8d

Take care of your voice. theconversation.com/how-voice-tr...

How voice training can help teachers improve wellbeing in the classroom

Teachers can create supportive, optimal learning environments through a nuanced use of voice in the classroom.

theconversation.com

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 27d

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and so in the blog I join forces with my colleague Mark Solomon to talk about how universities and colleges are doing with respect to TRC. It's a mixed picture.

Truth and Reconciliation, Ten Years On | HESA

Today is September 30th, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. It has been just over ten … Continued

higheredstrategy.com

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daanis @daanis.ca · 27d

A TRC Day listicle for CBC. Enough books here to keep you going through the winter.

"These books helped me understand the willfulness of that not knowing and peoples' willingness to believe other stories about those schools."

www.cbc.ca/books/patty-...

Patty Krawec's 'must-read' books to reflect on the Indigenous experience in North America | CBC Books

Sept. 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day. The Anishinaabe Ukrainian author and activist recommends 18 titles to read today and beyond.

www.cbc.ca

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Alayne Armstrong @armstrg.bsky.social · Sep 1

Grounding Math Lessons in Picture Books

Starting lessons with a read-aloud can boost engagement and inspire students to make personal connections to math concepts.

www.edutopia.org

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Alayne Armstrong @armstrg.bsky.social · Aug 30

Busy beaver numbers -

Busy Beaver Hunters Reach Numbers That Overwhelm Ordinary Math | Quanta Magazine

The quest to find the longest-running simple computer program has identified a new champion. It’s physically impossible to write out the numbers involved using standard mathematical notation.

www.quantamagazine.org

Alayne Armstrong @armstrg.bsky.social · Aug 29

Aha moments for mathematicians -

Maths ‘aha!’ moments can be predicted before they happen

Researchers developed a model that predicts when mathematicians are on the cusp of a breakthrough, something not even they are capable of.

cosmosmagazine.com

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Alayne Armstrong @armstrg.bsky.social · Aug 28

The poetry of ancient math - www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

Alayne Armstrong @armstrg.bsky.social · Aug 27

How should we teach math?

How Should We Teach Math? General and Special Ed. Researchers Don't Agree

The divide makes it less likely that students who struggle will get access to proven strategies, researchers argue in a new study.

www.edweek.org

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Alayne Armstrong @armstrg.bsky.social · Aug 26

Apparently Venus Fly Traps can count -

This mutant Venus flytrap mysteriously lost its ability to “count”

The mutant can no longer decode calcium signature that causes trap to shut quickly.

arstechnica.com

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Alayne Armstrong @armstrg.bsky.social · Aug 25

The mathematics of “are we there yet?”

Will the Marvel Cinematic Universe outlast human civilization? Unlikely, but not impossible.

mathwithbaddrawings.com

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Alayne Armstrong @armstrg.bsky.social · Aug 24

A 3-dimensional doodle with lego -

In 'Lost Tablets,' Jan van Schaik Constructs Deteriorating Architectural Sculptures with LEGO

“The first one I made, I made by accident, like a three-dimensional doodle,” says Melbourne-based architect and artist Jan van Schaik about the sculpture that founded his Lost Tablets series. Now…

www.thisiscolossal.com

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Alayne Armstrong @armstrg.bsky.social · Aug 23

The Racial Justice in Early Math project [Image of child's arm and some red and white counters on a desktop]

Racial bias affects early math education. Researchers are trying to stop that

Researchers say more resources, teacher awareness needed to combat racial bias in math lessons.

hechingerreport.org

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Alayne Armstrong @armstrg.bsky.social · Aug 22

Even ancient Babylonians had math homework - [Image - a woman, a cat and a really really old clay tablet]

The World’s Oldest Homework: A Look at Babylonian Math Homework from 4,000 Years Ago

Homework has lately become unfashionable, at least according to what I've heard from teachers in certain parts of the United States. That may complicate various fairly long-standing educational…

www.openculture.com

Alayne Armstrong @armstrg.bsky.social · Aug 22

Math Fellowship Rooted in Racial Justice Supports Early Educators [Image of child and teacher using Rekenrek manipulative]

Math Fellowship Rooted in Racial Justice Supports Early Educators

The Racial Justice in Early Math Teaching Fellowship is helping early educators make math accessible and engaging for young children.

www.the74million.org

Alayne Armstrong @armstrg.bsky.social · Aug 20

buttondown.com/clivethompson

The Linkfest

The opposite of doomscrolling: Every two weeks (roughly) I send you a collection of the best Internet reading I've found -- links to culture, technology, art and science that fascinated me. Full, free...

buttondown.com

Alayne Armstrong @armstrg.bsky.social · Aug 20

Look! It's a bird! At a stop light [seriously, that's what the image is] [courtesy of Clive Thompson's Linkfest - and I'll post that link in a comment below]

A Hawk in New Jersey Figured Out Traffic Signals and Used Them to Hunt

An urban raptor learns to hunt with help from traffic signals and a mental map.

www.zmescience.com

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CantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social · Aug 20

Children build math skills on a “cognitive bridge” between space & number. But where does it come from? Our new study finds monkeys transfer learning and abstractions across geometry & numerosity, revealing the evolutionary roots of basic math development. 🧪🧠

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...