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• The Algebra Project on PBS Tonight

  Published: July 13, 2007, 4:29 pm

  Tags: Education, Academia, Public Policy, Mathematics, Algebra, Television, Social Justice

  a segment tonight on The Algebra Project, a non-profit group who is trying to improve the teaching of elementary and high school algebra in low-income and minority schools throughout America. Mad Professah met the founder of the group, Bob Moses, at a Math and Social Justice conference in Brooklyn, NY this past

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• Abstract Algebra and Computation - Monoids [Good Math, Bad Math]

  Published: February 10, 2008, 9:28 pm

  Tags: Abstract Algebra

  we get from the traditional algebraic approach: in category theory, we see symmetry from the viewpoint of groupoids - where a group, the exemplar of symmetry, is seen as an expression of the symmetries of a simpler structure. We can see similar things as we climb up the stack of abstract algebraic constructions. If we start looking for

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• This is getting fun! On to Monoidal Categories. [Good Math, Bad Math]

  Published: February 18, 2008, 6:34 pm

  Tags: Abstract Algebra

  stuff, I talked about the algebraic construction of monoids. A monoid is, basically, the algebraic construction of a category - it's based on the same ideas, and has the same properties; just the presentation of it is different. But you can also see a monoid in categorical terms. It's what we computer scientists would call a bootstrapped

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• Tabula Digita's DimensionM Educational Video Games Help Students Improve Math Scores

  Published: June 15, 2008, 3:11 pm

  Tags: Computer, Game Companies, Game Platforms, Game Related Science, Gamer Life, Games, Algebra, Dimensionm, Educational Video Games, Edutainment, Math, Math Achievement, Students, Tabula Digita, University Of Central Florida

  The University of Central Florida has announced that according to research, students using Tabula Digita’s DimensionM educational video games scored higher on math. The students that used the edutainment programs over the 18 week study scored significantly higher on district math benchmark tests than students in the control group.

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