Post Tagged with: "Robert Klein"

Take a peek into the Navajo Nation Math Circle with a New York Times “Numberplay” problem, prompts Dr. Robert Klein. The number problem was provided by Kansas State University math professor Dave Auckly, who along with Klein is a co-director on the Navajo project. Born in Albuquerque, NM, Klein returned home […]

By Angela Woodward From Compass Dr. Robert Klein has spent nearly 10 years educating and mentoring students in Ohio University math and math education courses. But Klein’s hours outside of the classroom are spent inspiring, empowering and advocating on behalf of math students and educators throughout the nation – efforts […]

Dr. Robert Klein, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Ohio University, leads a summer workshop at the University of Tulsa. A local chapter of the Math Teachers’ Circle (MTC), a national network sponsored by the American Institute of Mathematics (AIM), has been launched in Tulsa, OK. This organization is dedicated to […]

Many states have fallen behind in providing funding, implementing policies, and placing a high priority on improving rural and small-town schools—led by Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina and Arizona—according to the new biennial Why Rural Matters 2013-14 report from the nonprofit Rural School and Community Trust. “This is a biennial report […]

Are math lovers the new underground? In the former Soviet Union, students who wanted to learn more—at the time the Soviets were dictating what was allowable in terms of research and studies—gathered in kitchens and living rooms in small groups to do…math. “Math circles,” as they were known, were “something […]

Dr. Robert Klein brought a bagel challenge on Pi Day. Pies—pizza pies, blueberry pies, custard pies and more—were devoured on March 14 in honor of Pi Day (3.14). Math students displayed posters highlighting their research, and Dr. Robert Klein’s bagel challenge had students going round and round. Master’s student Ian […]