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A Communist version of Singapore Math—which is rehashed from the world's best math curriculums—to brainwash students of the power of math in propelling North Korea into a nuclear power.
Math educators believe that if North Korean students were to take part in international comparative studies like PISA and TIMSS, it wouldn't be surprising that they'd rank among the top ten, thanks to the high standard of North Korea math.
by MathPlus July 12, 2017
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It’s an unspoken desire among Fields medalists—the mathematical equivalent of Nobel Prize winners in mathematics—and first-rate mathematicians to achieve pie-in-the-sky pi dreams.
by MathPlus May 24, 2021
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All over the United States, coviffiti are popping up to target the ex-president’s fake leadership and failure in containing the pandemic crisis, which had resulted in more than half a million deaths.
by MathPlus February 23, 2021
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In Singapore, most virus hunters, made up of government officers, military personnel, and ex-hotel and airline staff, used to make between 30 and 100 calls during their 12-hour shift, ploughing through receipts and data to map out links between cases and establish clusters.
by MathPlus May 5, 2023
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The number of Singaporeans and foreign journalists threatened with a lawsuit in recent years has been on the rise, as authorities often use dated colonial or internal security laws as a pretext for maintaining religious or racial harmony to silence and punish political critics.
by MathPlus December 5, 2018
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Jeff had a corona tattoo of the green angry-looking coronavirus on his arm, which is often depicted on health pamphlets to warn the public of the risks of not wearing a face mask and not practicing social distancing in public places.
by MathPlus June 25, 2021
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Teachers should present math as a verb, not as a noun—when students should be encouraged to be active players, not mere spectators.
by MathPlus January 8, 2019
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