Pamela BurdmanBlog: Rx for Data Science Education Debates: More Light and Less HeatThis is the story of how math courses taken by fewer than 1 percent of applicants to the University of California played a dominant role in…Jul 25, 2023Jul 25, 2023
Pamela BurdmanBlog: Math and Mental Health: Tackling Anxiety and BurnoutMath anxiety and burnout are bearing down on high school students in a post-pandemic academic landscape. And math classes’ lack of…Jul 25, 20231Jul 25, 20231
Pamela BurdmanBlog: What is the Goal of Requiring Undergraduates to Take Math?About 50 years ago when university math chairs were surveyed, only 10 percent thought a math course should be a college graduation…Jul 25, 2023Jul 25, 2023
Pamela BurdmanWhy Taking Math Can Be More Important Than What Math You TakeRecent debates about high school math courses have highlighted starkly different opinions about these courses’ role in preparing students…Mar 29, 2023Mar 29, 2023
Pamela BurdmanLet’s Streamline Transfer Paths Without Sacrificing 21st Century MathInterdisciplinary innovation is redesigning college math courses, with modernized quantitative reasoning options, both for students…Jan 26, 2023Jan 26, 2023
Pamela BurdmanThe Role of Math in Creating an Equal Citizenry | Just EquationsThis month’s blog is written by our program associate, Katrina Goto, and has been republished here with her permission.Dec 15, 2022Dec 15, 2022
Pamela BurdmanDoubling Down on Math Preparation is the Right Move for CSUWhat a difference a pandemic makes. The latest illustration comes in California State University’s renewed focus on high school math…Nov 16, 2022Nov 16, 2022
Pamela BurdmaninAge of AwarenessAre Positive Attitudes Key to Deeper Math Learning?Debates over math education too often focus solely on course content or-even worse-superficial questions about course titles, at the…Oct 25, 2022Oct 25, 2022
Pamela BurdmanThe Problem With Dismissing Data Science Education Because High Schools Offer StatisticsOriginally published on August 23, 2022. Posted on behalf of author Melodie Baker.Sep 21, 2022Sep 21, 2022
Pamela BurdmanThe Problem With Saying High School Math Shouldn’t ChangeOriginally published on August 16, 2022. Posted on behalf of author Marcelo Almora Rios.Sep 21, 2022Sep 21, 2022