Jim Lewis, director of UNL’s Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education, received the Mathematical Association of America's highest award for service at a Jan. 11 session of the Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Antonio. Continue reading…
The Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) has selected Jon Pedersen, associate dean for research in the College of Education and Human Sciences, for its Outstanding Longtime Service Award. Pedersen received the award at the ASTE Annual Conference in Portland, Ore., on Jan. 10. Continue reading…
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Canadian Society of Pediatrics state infants aged 0-2 years should not have any exposure to technology, 3-5 years be restricted to one hour per day, and 6-18 years restricted to 2 hours per day (AAP 2001/13, CPS 2010). Continue reading…
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EPSCoR and the Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education will sponsor the 17th annual Women in Science Conference, Feb. 13-14, at the Holiday Inn Downtown Lincoln. Please encourage the science teacher at your school to bring up to four female high school students. Continue reading…
We encourage teachers and principals to contact us at nebraskamath@unl.edu if you are interested in having a Nebraska Math and Science Summer Institutes (NMSSI) course come to your city or ESU. Continue reading…
When gender perceptions and negative stereotypes towards women in mathematics and science are non-existent, the gender gap in performance seems to disappear. That's the lesson to be learned from not just Finland, but also Puerto Rico where females are performing as well as males in math and science. Continue reading…
Differential grading occurs when students in courses with the same content and curriculum receive inconsistent grades across teachers, schools, or districts. The author finds that student characteristics are stronger predictors of differential grading than those of teacher, school or district. Continue reading…
Find this week's brain teaser, All About Adding, (and its answer) in this puzzle set. Continue reading…
Against the backdrop of high stakes assessment policies in the United States, this article explores the challenges, promises, and the "state of the art" on designing standardized achievement tests and educational assessment systems that are instructionally useful. Continue reading…
Registration is now open for the MidSchoolMath National Conference 2015. The conference will be held February 27-28, 2015, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Continue reading…
Every new school year, it starts. The new plans for the year, the resolutions, the excited feeling. Each year I start off determined to get it right this time. Each year, I start off determined not to make the same mistakes. And most years, I don’t make the same mistakes – I make different ones. Continue reading…