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Gömböc The Great, Indigo M. Strickert, Lori E. Bradford Feb 2023

Gömböc The Great, Indigo M. Strickert, Lori E. Bradford

The STEAM Journal

A sonnet written about the mathematics behind the self-righting shape of some tortoise shells.


Dance – A Healthy Gateway To Steam Practice, Kenneth Walker Mar 2019

Dance – A Healthy Gateway To Steam Practice, Kenneth Walker

The STEAM Journal

A rumination on dance and STEAM


Discovering And Demonstrating Patterns, Maria Klawe Dec 2017

Discovering And Demonstrating Patterns, Maria Klawe

The STEAM Journal

Harvey Mudd College's President Maria Klawe shares her personal journey in combining a love of mathematics and art.


The Efficacy Of Mathematics Education, Eric Geimer Feb 2014

The Efficacy Of Mathematics Education, Eric Geimer

The STEAM Journal

Evidence supports the notion that mathematics education in the United States is inadequate. There is also evidence that mathematics education deficiencies extend internationally. The worldwide mathematics education deficit appears large enough that improving student performance in this educational problem area could yield great economic benefit. To improve the efficacy of mathematics education, education’s root problems must first be understood. Often supposed educational root problems are considered and contrasted against potential deficiencies of mathematics methodologies and curricula that are based on mainstream educational philosophies. The educational philosophies utilized to form early-grade mathematics methodologies and related curricula are judged to be the …


90° To 360°, Holly Paronelli Mar 2013

90° To 360°, Holly Paronelli

The STEAM Journal

When I hear STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and Art I think of Math and value. Even though there is value in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics) the value as a whole cannot be fully calculated. Art is too indefinite, to vast, too infinite to be calculated, but aspects of STEM can be. Yet even then what we think we know comes down to interpretation, fact is fact for only a while.


Equations Of Light - The Steam Journal Inaugural Issue, The Cover Art, Chris Brownell Mar 2013

Equations Of Light - The Steam Journal Inaugural Issue, The Cover Art, Chris Brownell

The STEAM Journal

This is the background to some of the work, art and thinking that went into the cover art for the inaugural issue.