Math
We’re teaching math wrong
July 27, 2021Math is among the most common topics in education worldwide, yet it is a favoured subject of complaint among students. Math slander is common in advertisements, the media, and even in conversations (where lack of mathematical ability can sometimes seem…
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Students raise concerns over use of proctoring software during remote exams
June 8, 2020With SFU’s switch to remote learning during COVID-19, the use of proctoring softwares for online exams has become more common. It has also caused controversy amongst students; the Simon Fraser Student Society has asked SFU to prohibit the use of…
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SFU students utilize Indigenous basketry patterns to teach mathematical concepts
January 14, 2019In December, students and alumni from Simon Fraser University’s mathematics department created a new application that can teach math using Indigenous basketry-weaving patterns. Designed for students from grades 5–12, this as-yet-unnamed new app is free-of-charge and it can be used…
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Funding uncertain for SFU’s Academic Summer Camp for Aboriginal Students
September 18, 2018Updated September 21, 2018: Dr. Veselin Jungic has reached out to The Peak to indicate that the paraphrase at the end of this article which indicated that "he is convinced the camp's future on this campus will be secured" was inaccurate.…
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AI summer camp aims to encourage high school girls to get involved in STEM
August 3, 2018The SFU Faculty of Applied Sciences held Invent the Future, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) summer camp, to encourage girls to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. During the two weeks of the camp, 24 eleventh-grade girls…
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SFU smart jewellery start-up keeps wearers safe
June 18, 2018SFU computing science and mathematics student Georgiy Sekretaryuk has co-founded a company that focuses on public safety. NERO, completely self-financed by Sekretaryuk, creates smart jewellery which, if tapped three times, sends the wearer’s GPS location in an emergency call to…
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The beauty of math through the eyes of SFU’s Peter Dickinson
November 14, 2016You may not think to look at the circumstances that bring people together as a mathematical equation, but Peter Dickinson, SFU professor in the department of English and the School for the Contemporary Arts, has written a play in which…
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Post-secondary grads score low in math proficiency
November 24, 2014A new study from Statistics Canada revealed that over 20 per cent of Canadian university graduates scored a two or lower on a scale from zero to five measuring mathematical ability. The study, titled Programme for the International Assessment of…
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