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Math Anxiety May be Passed from Female Teachers to Girls, Study Shows

by Elizabeth Humphrey, Posted Jan 27th 2010 11:30AM

Are teachers to blame for girls' math anxiety? Credit: nab_nabb2003, Flickr
The idea some girls have that they're not good at math may not have started in their heads, but in the heads of their female elementary school teachers. According to ...
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We need girls to be good at math

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Oct 11th 2008 4:00PM

In this country, sadly, we don't encourage advanced studies anywhere near as much as we should. In fact, it seems almost the opposite -- those who are passionate about hard science are the target of ridicule at best and victims of institutionalized ...
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Pep rallies for Pascal?

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 18th 2007 8:29AM

I got an e-mail pointing me to this particular Luann comic strip. It raises an interesting question, especially in light of some of the comments on the recent story about the football coach who ran into a child and left the boy to go to dinner. The ...
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Smart Is Cool

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 31st 2007 11:39AM

Wow, I'm really liking Danica McKellar these days. I mean, consider her list of accomplishments: She did a bang up job playing Winnie Cooper on 'The Wonder Years' way back when. She co-authored the proof of a mathematics theorem. Her math book for ...
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Math doesn't suck

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jun 6th 2007 12:29PM

Remember Winnie Cooper from the Wonder Years? Somehow, she managed to exude sweetness while still being beautiful. I know I was rooting for Winnie and Kevin to wind up together. After the show ended, Danica McKellar, the actress that played Winnie, ...
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House: $600m for math/science teachers

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Apr 30th 2007 3:03PM

Last week, representatives in the house overwhelmingly passed a bill that would provide 600 million dollars in scholarships and stipends for those studying math and science on their way to becoming teachers. Such students who commit to teaching ...
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Happy students worse at math

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Oct 19th 2006 10:33AM

My parents paid for a tutor for me to help me get through my grade 11 math class. He was very nice and highly patient and he tore his peanut butter sandwiches into tiny little pieces and ate them delicately. Under his tutelage, I barely passed my ...
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