We hear all the time about project-based learning. But how does it really work? Of all the tools humans have ever created to help describe and understand our world, few are more useful than ...

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MATLAB—a math modeling software—is used to design sophisticated structures. Engineering professor Panchapakesan Venkataram found an equally creative use for the popular software: designing intricate ...

Independence High School math teacher Shelley Nash recently guided her geometry B students in a service project of their ...

The University of Delaware Summer Math Modeling Program is a free, nonresidential, five-day program for rising juniors and seniors in high school interested in math modeling. Participating students ...

WINNETKA, IL — A team of New Trier Township High School students advanced to the finals of an international math modeling challenge. More than 2,700 students from the U.S. and U.K. took part in this ...

Suzie Boss is a PBL advocate and author who has collaborated with teachers around the world to design engaging projects: When I facilitate workshops with teachers about project-based learning, one ...

The ACT math test consists of 60 multiple-choice questions that must be completed in 60 minutes. A portion of those questions involves modeling, which is the process of expressing real-life phenomena ...

“It’s challenging to work with real people and real data on real problems in real time,” Adriana Salerno told one of her classes, in person, a seeming lifetime ago, back in February. Salerno, ...