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"What Math Means to Me" Art Contest Voting Has Begun
http://mathforum.org/pd/mymath2011.html
McGraw-Hill has announced the finalists of its "What Math Means
to Me" art contest. Come see and vote for the student artwork
that will appear on the cover of this new math program — and
which teachers will win $174,000 in classroom resources.
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PoW taking place: math problem-solving moment of the week
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"I got a bit stuck when trying to find all the different
routes but that was only because I was a bit rusty on how to
find all the combinations. I have definitely answered problems
like this previously, especially in MCAS (the Massachusetts
Comprehensive Assessment System). I knew first off that I
needed to multiply something to find the answer but at first I
wasn't sure what...."
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- Rachel, highlighted in the Pre-Algebra PoW's Latest Solution
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http://mathforum.org/pows/solution.htm?publication=4000
Apply for IAS/PCMI Summer 2012
http://pcmi.ias.edu/application-sstp/
The Park City Mathematics Institute (PCMI) of the Institute for
Advanced Study (IAS) has begun accepting applications for the
2012 Summer Session of IAS/PCMI, a three-week residential
program taking place in Park City, Utah, from July 1 -
July 21, 2012.
Teachers receive full support and a stipend during the Summer
Session. In addition, 6 quarter-credits of 400-level mathematics
are available from the University of Washington.
To learn more about the Secondary School Teachers
Program (SSTP), visit
http://pcmi.ias.edu/program-sstp/
The Math Forum hosts information on PCMI's K-12 programs here,
including SSTP working sites dating back to 2001:
http://mathforum.org/pcmi/
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Now taking place: math education conversation of the hour
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"Good problems spur good discussions. 1973 AB Calculus Exam
question #23 provides such discussion. We have started to call
some of these problems 'stealth' problems because some of the
parts are missing or don't appear in function form.... I would
love to hear about other favorite DQ problems (definition of a
derivative) as well."
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- James, posted to the ap-calculus discussion
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http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2317142
Reel Math Video Contest Voting Has Begun
http://video.reelmath.org/home.aspx
The video contest run by MATHCOUNTS has opened to public
voting. Come check out the clips, each of which runs less than
five minutes.
US resident in grades six through eight can still enter the
contest, which challenges students to create a video that uses
a real-world application to teach the math concept in a problem
of their choosing from the 2011-12 MATHCOUNTS School Handbook,
freely available for download here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zv8ak33irueo1c9
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