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...problem is that there is an overemphasis on learning basic skills instead of creative thinking," says Jack Bookman, associate professor of the practice of mathematics at Duke University. This doesn't mean that learning multiplication, subtraction and addition isn't important or that software can't help with drilling, but such skills are best honed after kids have learned the underlying concepts for these operations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: LEARNING CORNER: Creative Input | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

...doubles team of Andersen and Wang just missed advancing past the prequalifying rounds. The pair won its first two matches, but came up short in its third, losing 8-1 to the third-seeded pair from Duke...

Author: By John R. Hein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bergman-Lingman, Wang Advance In ITA Prequalifying | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

Katie Ridd, the Demon Deacons’ goalkeeper, is the reigning ACC Player of the Week, following a shutout of No. 13 Duke and after racking up a season-high nine saves against No. 7 North Carolina while allowing only one goal...

Author: By John R. Hein, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Field Hockey Faces Test Against Powerhouse Wake Forest | 10/4/2002 | See Source »

...rest of the Ivy League was spread throughout the top 20, with the University of Pennsylvania tied for number four, Dartmouth and Columbia following at numbers nine and 10, Cornell at 14 and Brown at 17. Stanford, Duke, MIT, and the California Institute of Technology also tied for fourth...

Author: By Dan Rosenheck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: U.S. News Puts Harvard Second | 9/17/2002 | See Source »

That year, Harvard fell from the top faculty resources rank to number 11, while Duke climbed from number 13 to number four...

Author: By Dan Rosenheck, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: U.S. News Puts Harvard Second | 9/17/2002 | See Source »

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