Monthly: July 2019

Finding Depth in Any Book
July 31, 2019
Think that if a young reader is more advanced than their classmates, they should be reading harder books? Think again.

How WOOT Works Behind the Scenes
July 29, 2019
Greetings, Problem Solvers!
My name is Vanessa, but I’m better known by my username vapodaca. I’m a contractor manager at AoPS HQ, which means that I manage your teachers, assistants, and graders. Pretty cool, huh? But enough about me, we’re here to talk about WOOT, our Worldwide Online Olympiad Training course.

Alcumus: A peek under the hood of our adaptive learning tool
July 24, 2019
A little bit about statistics, probabilities, and why Alcumus likes mashing things together.

A Problem-Solving Approach to Language Arts
July 17, 2019
Teaching problem-solving in language arts is just as important as it is in math. Learn how a problem-solving approach to language arts motivates to students to be engaged in their own learning.

National Math Festival
July 10, 2019
The National Math Festival provides math lovers a chance to talk discuss the full scope of math, whether it be primes or how it’s used in special effects in movies.

AoPS Update: New AoPS Online Classes, Features in Beast Academy Online, IMO and IPhO Start, and More
July 5, 2019
Multiple Olympiad level competitions take place this month, as well as new features for Beast Academy Online, AoPS course times, and more:

Knowing Versus Understanding: How the Rubik’s Cube Taught Me the Difference
July 3, 2019
Knowing how to perform complex computations quickly and accurately is no longer a particularly useful skill. Jason Batterson, author of our Beast Academy series, explains why through an example with the Rubik’s Cube.