Math isn’t just about answers—the process matters, too. These strategies spotlight reasoning and reveal student thinking.

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Combining physical and virtual manipulatives gives students the ability to concretely model things in the real world.

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This course is compulsory on the BSc in Actuarial Science, BSc in Actuarial Science (with a Placement Year), BSc in Data Science, BSc in Financial Mathematics and Statistics, BSc in Mathematics and ...

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This is an updated version of a story first published on May 5, 2024. For many high school students returning to class, it may seem like geometry and trigonometry were created by the Greeks as a form ...