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“Why is he making all those pencil marks?”
This is one of the many silent questions I have asked myself — while trying to keep a neutral face — as I’ve watched my children draw expansive diagrams when doing math homework. And I know I’m not alone. Through the math researchers I’ve worked with as an editor, I’ve come to understand that math instruction is frequently under scrutiny. Math today looks different today than it did decades ago — and for good reason.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Priscila Correa of the University of Windsor reviews recent changes to Ontario’s math curriculum.
She relays that, “the new curriculum was crafted by competent scholars, informed by extensive research and innovates in different ways. But the highly politicized ‘back-to-basics’ language favoured by Conservatives both exaggerates and what has changed and fails to capture some important and relevant new directions.”
Also today:
All the best.
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Ontario’s new financial literacy curriculum covers financial literacy, including budget-making, credit cards and compound interest.
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Priscila Correa, University of Windsor
Ontario's new math curriculum was written by competent mathematicians relying on the latest research, and includes both coding and social-emotional learning.
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The first few weeks of a new job are usually spent absorbing a lot of information. That’s been much more difficult for new hires during the pandemic.
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Michael O'Neill, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Municipal policemen stand guard outside Notre Dame church in Nice, France, on Oct. 30, 2020, after three people were killed.
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Jennifer Otto, University of Lethbridge
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Long-term drinking water advisories are only one indicator of water quality in First Nations communities.
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Corinna Dally-Starna, Queen's University, Ontario
The federal government's focus on eliminating long-term drinking-water advisories diverts attention from other water-related issues.
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Adèle Garnier, Université Laval; Shauna Labman, University of Winnipeg
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Culture + Society
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Matthew Brown, University of Bristol
In England, the continuing anger that Maradona "got away with it" comes out of the ashes of empire.
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Science + Technology
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Nick Norman, University of Bristol
New research suggests ordering the elements by atomic radius and ability to attract electrons.
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Stephen Poropat, Swinburne University of Technology
66 million years ago, birds survived the calamity that wiped out all prehistoric dinosaurs. But could birds once again evolve into their long lost ancestors?
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