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Research on streaming maths classes shows we need to think much more carefully about this very common practice.
Fewer graduates means fewer data analysis experts to aid in knowledge creation and innovation.
A civil engineer lays out the physics behind Dali’s crash into the Francis Scott Key Bridge pier.
Imagine if you enrolled your child in swimming lessons but instead of a qualified swimming instructor, they were taught freestyle technique by a soccer coach.
What mathematicians call ‘disordered collections’ can help engineers explore real-world worst-case scenarios. The simple card game Set illustrates how to predict internet and electrical grid failures.
The average might come in handy for certain data analyses, but is any one person really ‘average’?
Principles from cognitive science can help help in the design of more effective teaching materials for maths.
People young and old love the classic video game Tetris. A working knowledge of the spatial reasoning concepts underlying Tetris can set students up for success in mathematics.
There are many ways bad mathematics interferes with our democracy. Assigning delegates is just one example.
Multiplication facts typically describe the answers to multiplication sums up to 10x10. They are called “facts” as it is expected they can be easily and quickly recalled.
Maths plays a crucial role in new research which finds that bats “leapfrog” their way home at night.
Orbital resonance is kind of like musical harmony, but systems that display it are far more rare than songs with harmonic melodies.
Spreadsheet-related errors can have serious consequences in the private and public sector. But what can we do to overcome them?
Is it a STEM education or a STEAM education? Integrating arts into science programming and vice versa can pique kids’ curiosity − a play touring Michigan aims to do just that.
They are popular because they are popular, which is a circular argument that suits a pie chart. But there are some serious downsides to using the humble pie.
AI will not become sentient and decide to kill us all. But our own conscious or unconscious beliefs about AI can potentially increase the likelihood of any outcome, including catastrophic ones.
Findings of a study suggest using a ‘hundreds chart’ showing numbers one through 100, beginning with one in the top-left corner, fosters children’s counting by 10s.
The logic of shared birthdays is stranger than you might think, but learning to understand counter-intuitive mathematics is key to seeing the world clearly.
University maths departments are shrinking or closing.
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Laureate Professor of Mathematics, University of Newcastle
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