math
Chalk and awe: Why professors are going wild over a cult chalk
Mathematicians are paying big bucks to stockpile the Hagoromo chalk from Japan, which some have called ‘the nectar of the gods’
How do you make math fascinating?
Book review: How Not To Be Wrong, by Jordan Ellenberg
Canadian students have more math class, lower test scores
More class time is pointless if the curriculum isn’t up to par
Girls good at math half as likely to study science or math at university
Women are avoiding some of the most lucrative degrees
Adding up the ways we’re falling behind in education
A new study shows Canadians may be handy with computers, but we’re terrible at math
New world’s largest prime number discovered, all 17-million digits of it
Missouri professor Dr. Curtis Cooper has discovered a new world’s largest prime number and it’s 17-million digits long.
Waldorf closes, the Mad Minute & Carleton discrimination
What students are talking about today (January 11th)
Emma Teitel: ‘I am a 23-year-old woman who can’t do math’
Why is illiteracy considered a legitimate deficit, while innumeracy is seen as a punchline condition?
Tarnished Silver: Assessing the new king of stats
Nate Silver’s attackers don’t know what they’re talking about. (Nor do his defenders)
Xs of evil: America’s algebra crisis
Colby Cosh on why math stirs passions, raises fears, fuels debate
Where do Canada’s math geniuses go?
Two Canadian schools dominate competition
Students are fleeing STEM degrees
And why they may want to reconsider