Study Suggests Math Teachers Scrap Balls and Slices
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008The real-world examples incorporated more and more by educators in recent years can impede math learning, an experiment found.
Archive for April, 2008
Even a Weak Dollar Can Be Stretched
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008stretching the dollar in euros
The hidden cost of using credit cards abroad - MSN Money
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Credit card companies and banks often help themselves to your money when you charge purchases in other countries. Here’s how to fight them.
Maybe Money Does Buy Happiness After All
Thursday, April 17th, 2008The Easterlin paradox — that economic growth doesn’t necessarily lead to more satisfaction — is under attack.
Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Solvent
Thursday, April 17th, 2008David and Gina Giffels, who have been restoring a falling-down house in Akron, Ohio, for 12 years, have no credit card debt.
Olympic President Calls Torch Protests a ‘Crisis’
Friday, April 11th, 2008Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee, said Thursday that the anti-Chinese protests that have dogged the Olympic torch relay had become a “crisis” for the organization but insisted that the skirmishes, some of them violent, would not cut short the torch’s 21-nation tour leading up to the Beijing games in August.
And Behind Door No. 1, a Fatal Flaw
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Some experiments that purport to show cognitive-dissonance effects might be explainable by statistics alone.
Keeping Priorities Straight, Even at the End
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008One man’s recipe for a happy life and achieving dreams turns into an Internet hit.
Let Computers Compute. It’s the Age of the Right Brain
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008Now that we’re hip-deep in what has been called both the “Creative Economy” and the “Conceptual Age,” no one can afford to ignore the right hemisphere of the brain.
Termites feast on trader’s money
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008Termites feast on trader’s money in India
