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What is Rigor? | Confidently Limited
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Tacking through math education. Dreams of an Integrated Curriculum. Can These Kids Be “Saved” by Common Core? November 10, 2013. But other definitions of rigor have synonyms such as hardness , difficulty and stringency . In our context we can perhaps call this depth and add this dimension to those of exactness and logic with which we present the material. As an example, consider radical expressions as introduced by Pearson’s Integrated Mathematics. And an European collection of problems. The SIMMS text i...
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Common Core (Geometry) – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly | Confidently Limited
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Tacking through math education. The Smartest Kids in the World. Nicholson Baker, Algebra II, Lurking Variables and Making Shakespeare Elective →. Common Core (Geometry) – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. October 20, 2013. So how is Geometry faring in Common Core? There is no doubt that Common Core envisions a superior Geometry course compared to what we teach now. The projects, the modeling and the writing components will require more critical thinking from the students. Common Core Geometry also wants to...
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Tacking through math education. Monthly Archives: October 2013. Nicholson Baker, Algebra II, Lurking Variables and Making Shakespeare Elective. October 23, 2013. In a recent article in Harper’s magazine, Wrong Answer The case against Algebra II. Let’s say the general well-being of the population. I would argue that Baker’s statement is an example of a lurking variable. Russia’s math prowess was originated from above, when Peter the Great modernized Russia by force. Since modernization implied a stron...
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At the Intersection of Data Visualization and Investment Research. Thursday, November 13, 2014. Charting an Investment Portfolio by Holding Time. The current issue of Morningstar Magazine. Includes my short article on visualizing portfolio holdings, based on the amount of time held. You can see the full article here. Or use this link. To download a PDF of the magazine issue. (Thanks once again to designer Zach Sherwood. For his work on the graphic.). The portfolio turnover calculation. Introducing the Po...
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At the Intersection of Data Visualization and Investment Research. Monday, June 30, 2014. I have a short piece in the June/July issue of Morningstar Magazine. It's a re-imagining of the iconic Morningstar Style Box, based on the idea of varying the size of each segment of the box according to market capitalization or number of stocks:. You can read the Nxtbook version of the full article (and the rest of an excellent magazine) here. Or use this link. To download a PDF version of the magazine. To explain ...
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Justin, Tom and c2396 | Confidently Limited
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Tacking through math education. Can These Kids Be “Saved” by Common Core? Diane Ravitch and Market Forces →. Justin, Tom and c2396. December 10, 2013. I am a science and engineering professional who seriously considered teaching as a career change. I am the son of a teacher. I understand and value the profession, and have a passion for imparting knowledge to others. I have taught as a graduate assistant in a university setting, and enjoyed it. Less than half of what I am currently making as an engineer.
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December | 2013 | Confidently Limited
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Tacking through math education. Monthly Archives: December 2013. Diane Ravitch and Market Forces. December 12, 2013. One of the more discussed recent books on education is Diane Ravitch’s “Reign of Error”. Ravitch argues that poverty and socioeconomic inequality produces kids who enter our educational system handicapped in their ability to learn.This poor start translates in poor performance as the individual moves through primary and secondary education. In other countries, there may be many barriers to...
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Do stats drive you mad? Statistical advise for PhD. The Springer GTM test. Go to : Statistics tutor. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out. Chat with me (Manos Parzakonis).
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Do stats drive you mad? Statistical advise for PhD. The Springer GTM test. It’s time,huh? April 7, 2010. Well, i managed to take my personal webspace somewhere out there and of course the first thing to set up was my blog😉. WordPress, was great but there was limitations you know. At this point I’d like to present you my new blog address, statsravingmad.com/blog. I hope y’all follow me there. Please update you bookmarks…. April 2, 2010. Probability manipulations with Mathematica…. April 1, 2010. Solve[{M...
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At the Intersection of Data Visualization and Investment Research. Tuesday, February 3, 2015. I have a fun little article in the February/March issue of Morningstar Magazine. Here's what the performance clocks look like (in U.S. dollars) for six of the Morningstar Global Market Indexes for 2014:. You can read the full article here. Or use this link. To download a PDF of the entire issue of the magazine. (Kudos once again to designer Zach Sherwood. For his work on the graphics.). Another Year on the Clock.
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