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Newsletter: Math Forum Internet News No. 17.1 (6 Jan 12)
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6 January, 2012 Vol. 17, No. 1
THE MATH FORUM @ DREXEL INTERNET NEWS
100th Day of School | NCTM Journals Now on JSTOR
Google Launches Election Hub
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100TH DAY OF SCHOOL
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In the coming weeks, many students will be attending school for
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Now taking place: math education conversation of the hour
"Using Usenet for cheating by asking the exam question will
generally leave a fairly indelible trace. I'm curious to hear
from Danish educators; the article indicates that they've
allowed this since 2008. Has cheating via Usenet newsgroups
been a big problem for your exams since then?"
- Steve, posted to the comp.soft-sys.matlab discussion
http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=7639346
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NCTM JOURNALS NOW ON JSTOR
http://nctm.org/news/content.aspx?id=31730
The journals of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
(NCTM) have just become available online through JSTOR.
Through this digital archive service's single platform, JSTOR
members now enjoy seamless access to the full run of
- Teaching Children Mathematics (TCM), dating back to 1994,
formerly The Arithmetic Teacher, from 1954
- Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (MTMS), from 1994
- Mathematics Teacher (MT), from 1908
- Journal for Research in Mathematics Education (JRME),
from 1970
More than 7,000 institutions already participate in JSTOR,
which now boasts over 1,400 scholarly journals. Check your
access from local campuses and libraries by clicking here:
http://www.jstor.org/action/collectionsAvailable
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Now taking place: math education conversation of the hour
"I often get the following two questions from my
non-mathematician friends. Q1: Why is 1 not a prime? Q2: For
a, b positive integers (say), why is (-a)(-b) = ab? I could
answer as follows (but with not exactly good success): Answer
to Q1: If 1 is considered (defined) as a prime, then the
fundamental theorem of arithmetic is not true; and we
mathematicians do not like that! Answer to Q2: If not, the
distributive law is not true, and we mathematicians do not like
that either! Do we have any better answers for our
laymen friends?"
- Kent, posted to the sci.math discussion
http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2329618
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GOOGLE LAUNCHES ELECTION HUB
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/keeping-up-with-2012-us-election-with.html
Days before eight votes separated the first and second place
vote-getters in the Iowa caucus, Google announced the launch of
a new election hub for studying, watching, and generally
learning about the U.S. Presidential campaign trail:
http://google.com/elections
Sort through a wealth of election data by popularity, race, and
issues. In particular, check out the colorful results maps; and
the Trends Dashboard, which builds a timeline of the web's
political pulse by comparing candidates' YouTube video views,
search traffic, and Google News mentions:
http://google.com/elections/ed/us/trends
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<p><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">100th Day of School</font></p>
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In the coming weeks, many students will be attending school for
the 100th day this school year.
</p>
<p>
The 100th Day can be a lot of fun — and a teachable moment!
Counting up to 100 for the 100th day of school gives teachers
many special opportunities to investigate place value.
</p>
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The discussions and links to Web resources found in the FAQ
provide many ideas to make your 100th Day a memorable
experience for your students.
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"Using Usenet for cheating by asking the exam question will
generally leave a fairly indelible trace. I'm curious to hear
from Danish educators; the article indicates that they've
allowed this since 2008. Has cheating via Usenet newsgroups
been a big problem for your exams since then?"
<dd>
- Steve, posted to the comp.soft-sys.matlab discussion
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<a href="http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=7639346">http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=7639346</a>
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<p><strong><font color="#003399">NCTM Journals Now on JSTOR</font></strong></p>
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<a href="http://nctm.org/news/content.aspx?id=31730">http://nctm.org/news/content.aspx?id=31730</a>
</p>
<p>
The journals of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
(NCTM) have just become available online through JSTOR.
</p>
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Through this digital archive service's single platform, JSTOR
members now enjoy seamless access to the full run of
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<li>
<i>Teaching Children Mathematics</i> (TCM), dating back to 1994,
formerly <i>The Arithmetic Teacher</i>, from 1954
</li>
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<i>Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School</i> (MTMS), from 1994
</li>
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<i>Mathematics Teacher</i> (MT), from 1908
</li>
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<i>Journal for Research in Mathematics Education</i> (JRME),
from 1970
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which now boasts over 1,400 scholarly journals. Check your
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"I often get the following two questions from my
non-mathematician friends. Q1: Why is 1 not a prime? Q2: For
a, b positive integers (say), why is (-a)(-b) = ab? I could
answer as follows (but with not exactly good success): Answer
to Q1: If 1 is considered (defined) as a prime, then the
fundamental theorem of arithmetic is not true; and we
mathematicians do not like that! Answer to Q2: If not, the
distributive law is not true, and we mathematicians do not like
that either! Do we have any better answers for our
laymen friends?"
<dd>
- Kent, posted to the sci.math discussion
<dd>
<a href="http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2329618">http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=2329618</a>
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<p><strong><font color="#003399">Google Launches Election Hub</font></strong></p>
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<a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/keeping-up-with-2012-us-election-with.html">http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/</a><br><a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/keeping-up-with-2012-us-election-with.html">keeping-up-with-2012-us-election-with.html</a>
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Days before eight votes separated the first and second place
vote-getters in the Iowa caucus, Google announced the launch of
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<p align="center"><a href="http://google.com/elections">http://google.com/elections</a></p>
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issues. In particular, check out the colorful results maps; and
the Trends Dashboard, which builds a timeline of the web's
political pulse by comparing candidates' YouTube video views,
search traffic, and Google News mentions:
</p>
<p align="center"><a href="http://google.com/elections/ed/us/trends">http://google.com/elections/ed/us/trends</a></p>
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