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Supporting second-year students in college: Four strategies to help them succeed

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Supporting second-year students in college: Four strategies to help them succeed

Higher education experts gathered at the Student Success US conference in Knoxville, Tenn., to discuss the various factors that impact student retention and success beyond the first year of college. While many institutions have robust systems in place to support new students during their initial year, there is a need to focus on continued support … Read more

Every student has the potential to succeed in higher level mathematics.

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Every student has the potential to succeed in higher level mathematics.

Last year, my seventh-grade class worked on creating at-scale drawings of cost-efficient cabins for an outdoor education camp. Using three-dimensional figures and proportional reasoning, my students were tasked with designing and producing piñatas that met specific volume and surface area constraints. We tackled challenging problems, such as determining the amount of sugar needed for a … Read more