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Free Mentoring
http://mathforum.org/pow/free_mentoring.html
Mentor groups from Oregon and Pennsylvania will provide feedback
to students who submit to problems that open on these dates:
- FunPoW: January 31, February 14
- PreAlgPoW: February 7, February 21
- AlgPoW: February 14
Please have your students submit solutions; and if they receive
replies from a mentor, encourage them to revise. Not only will
your students learn more, but the mentors will learn as well!
Want to get in on the fun, but don't have a membership?
Register a trial account, which lets you submit to the Current
Problems of the Week for 21 days, and access the Problems of
the Week Library, too:
http://mathforum.org/products/trial.html
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PoW taking place: math problem-solving moment of the week
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"Marissa, from Gideon Welles School, took advantage of the rich
text available to you when you submit. (Notice what she did
with the 20.) Lucy from Lyman Moore Middle School first had the
idea to draw a model of the story, but explains that she 'then
realized that this approach was very inefficient.' Instead, she
focused on...."
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- Annie, commenting on the FunPoW's Latest Solution
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http://mathforum.org/pows/solution.htm?publication=3902
Solutions: 2011 Mathematics Game
http://mathforum.org/yeargames/yeargameentrys?find=BySolutionFor&form
Students' solutions to the 2011 Mathematics Game have now been
posted. Submissions are still being accepted for some digits.
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Now taking place: math education conversation of the hour
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"I'm using an episode of Numb3rs to talk about strength of
schedule in the NFL and the need for standardizing values. It
comes with an accompanying activity from TI."
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- Mya, posted to the ap-stat discussion
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http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=7375813
Summer Camp Applications Due Soon
High School Students
http://mathforum.org/students/high/opps.html
Middle School Students
http://mathforum.org/students/middle/opps.html
The Math Forum's annotated lists of math camps and summer
programs link to online and residential opportunities, some
offering financial aid, in
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California
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Colorado
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Maryland
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Massachusetts
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Minnesota
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Michigan
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New Jersey
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New York
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Ohio
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Ontario
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Oregon
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Pennsylvania
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Texas
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Washington
Many of the summer camps have application deadlines already
coming up.
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