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Boomerangs for peace, a cognitive experiment to try, math stories: newsletter September 16, 2014
Subscribe and read archives Pinterest | Twitter | Facebook | Google+ Hi, I am Moby from the Moebius Noodles project, bringing you the news about Natural Math. Send me your questions, comments, and stories of math adventures at moby@moebiusnoodles.com In this newsletter: Easy to make boomerang –…
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Math Storytelling Day: featuring Sheryl, Irina, Anna, and Jevanyn
Today, we share with you math stories sent by Sheryl, Irina, Anna, and Jevanyn. Telling stories helps us to understand our students, to make mathematics beautiful, and to reach out to others in the Natural Math community. To celebrate Math Storytelling…
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Interview with Dr. Melissa Kibbe: cognitive psychology of kids ages 4-6 learning algebra
Dr. Melissa M. Kibbe is assistant professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Boston University. She received her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Rutgers University in 2011, after which she completed postdoctoral research at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Kibbe’s research focuses on…
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1001 Leaders: Make and fly boomerangs with Yutaka Nishiyama
Professor Yutaka Nishiyama（西山豊) seeks mathematics in everyday life and in cultural traditions. How does an egg roll down a slope? Why do French, Japanese, and Indian people count on their fingers in such different ways? Why do boomerangs fly? Yutaka finds…
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