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"a century ago this week. Mathematician Andrey A. Markov delivered a lecture that day to the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg on a computational technique now called the Markov chain. Little noticed in its day, his idea for modeling probability is fundamental to all of present-day science, statistics, and scientific computing. Any attempt to simulate probable events based on vast amounts of data - the weather, a Google search, the behavior of liquids - relies on Markov's idea."

Video featuring Abby Brown, Math Teacher, Torrey Pines High School : ""Mathematica has changed how I think about teaching and how my students learn mathematics. The conversations in our classes focus so much more on concepts and ideas and understanding the mathematics rather than how do I solve the problem."

Published in 2014, tells the story of how, in the seventeenth century, Italian Jesuit authorities evidently tried to suppress the idea of infinitesimals in mathematics and how subsequently their flourishing led to the development of calculus and shifted the balance of world culture and the influence of nations.

"a man who figured out how to have his pi and recite it, too - beyond 60,000 decimals. All it took was intensive practice and a knack for storytelling, a new study finds."

by Penta, Michael K., M.S., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL, 2011, 83 pages; 1507796 Abstract record for a thesis completed in December 2011, fulltext requires subscription or purchase. A news story on the departmental blog http://blog.uml.edu/cs/2011/12/penta_ms_video_games_for_math_learning.html describes the kinds of games involved, the participants and the results.

Family math games and math night at the Gardner Pilot Academy

Criticism of technology in math and science education, particularly asserts studies that outline benefits of tools either lack rigor or are effectively marketing for such resources.

Review of Conway's Mathematical Connections, written for undergraduate mathematics courses, with the aim that instructors help students find connections across branches of math. Two similar books for undergraduates, recently published, are mentioned as well.

Stimulating critical thinking using technology has the potential to create more in depth understanding of science and math content by students when engaged in learning activities which integrate in-class and on-line technology resources. Technology tools support stimulation of both inquiry-based and critical thinking skills by engaging students in exploring, thinking, reading, writing, researching, inventing, problem-solving, and experiencing the world outside their classroom. This is accomplished through learning content through the lens of video to multimedia to the internet (Using Technology to Improve Student Achievement, NCREL, 2005).

A book by Reuben Hersh and Vera Johnson on the "hidden human, emotional, and social forces that shape mathematics and affect the experiences of students and mathematicians."

Mathematicians at Emory University make a breakthrough in the study of partitions of numbers, using insights from fractal geometry.

A math newsletter produced Mathematical Association of America