International Business News - Math http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Amid weeks of stock market turmoil, many worried investors have been tracking the daily trajectory of the Dow Jones industrial average like never before. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/151519-meltdown-101-logo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/meltdown-101-the-dow-jones-industrial-average.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/meltdown-101-the-dow-jones-industrial-average.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:04:23 EDT More kids than ever are taking algebra in eighth grade but not necessarily learning more math, private researchers report. In fact, while eighth-graders are doing better on national math tests, students in advanced classes are faring worse, according to the study being released Monday by the Brookings Institution. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/report-kids-misplaced-in-algebra.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:06:26 EDT Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th. The research was released Thursday in the journal Science. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/97374-mickelson-education.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/math-study-finds-girls-are-just-as-good-as-boys.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/math-study-finds-girls-are-just-as-good-as-boys.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:26:29 EDT Sixteen years after Barbie dolls declared, "Math class is tough!" girls are proving that when it comes to math they are just as tough as boys. In the largest study of its kind, girls measured up to boys in every grade, from second through 11th. The research was released Thursday in the journal Science. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/math-study-finds-girls-are-just-as-good-as-boys.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:02:40 EDT On an occasional evening at the kitchen table in Brooklyn, N.Y., Victoria Morey has been known to sit down with her 9-year-old son and do something she's not supposed to. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/91803-parenting-math-on-the-sly.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/renegade-parents-teach-old-math-on-the-sly.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080715/renegade-parents-teach-old-math-on-the-sly.htm Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:21:41 EDT For kids to do better in math, their teachers might have to go back to school. Elementary-school teachers are poorly prepared by education schools to teach math, finds a study being released Thursday by the National Council on Teacher Quality. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/schools-for-teachers-flunk-math.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:27:14 EDT Boys outperform girls on a math test given to children worldwide, but the gender gap is less pronounced in countries where women and men have similar rights and opportunities, according to a study published Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080529/gender-based-math-gap-missing-in-some-countries.htm Thu, 29 May 2008 18:25:31 EDT Barack Obama's wave of superdelegate endorsements puts him within reach of the Democratic presidential nomination by the end of the primary season on June 3 _ even if he loses half of the remaining six contests. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/45644-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/superdelegates-put-obama-within-mathematical-reach.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/superdelegates-put-obama-within-mathematical-reach.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 16:13:51 EDT