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(01/30/15 12:22am)
Coming off its best weekend of the season where it continued its usual dominance, the ASU diving team is sending five divers to the U.S. Air Force Academy Diving Invitational in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this weekend — David Hoffer, Hailey Casper, Mara Aiacoboae, Hunter Atha and Heikki Makikiallio.
(01/29/15 11:59pm)
Among the many changes for the ASU baseball team this season is a key position change in the infield — junior Jordan Aboites, last year’s starting shortstop, will start at second base this season.
(01/29/15 10:22pm)
ASU baseball finished last season 33-24 and is ranked No. 21 in the latest USA TODAY Baseball Top 25 Coaches Poll, which was released early Thursday.
(01/24/15 8:33pm)
It was the same old story for ASU swim and dive as the team’s performance in the second half of the meet could not save its struggles in the first.
(01/23/15 9:39pm)
The ASU swim and dive team struggled early against California and despite a much-improved second half of the meet and fell to the star-studded Golden Bears.
(01/23/15 12:28am)
Entering a weekend of two home dual meets against Pac-12 opponents California and Stanford, the ASU swim and dive team is in the midst of the best success it has had all season.
(01/16/15 12:56am)
Among the talented ASU swimming and diving team are two swimmers who stand out because of a unique experience — competing in the London 2012 Summer Olympics.
(12/02/14 10:26pm)
Senior sustainability scientist Mick Dalrymple poses at the School of Sustainability in Tempe in Dec. 1, 2014. Dalrymple taught the class that was launched this semester.? (Photo by Emily Johnson)
(11/25/14 11:59pm)
ASU’s CareerWISE online resiliency training resource is helping to provide women in male-dominant STEM fields with a reliable mentor to help them handle the challenges they will face during their work in the field.
(11/19/14 1:03am)
Retired ASU lecturer Susan Larson has created inquiry-based mathematics video lessons through a program called the Professional Learning Library to help students meet the new Arizona College and Career Ready Standards.Larson, who designed the program for Humboldt Unified School District in Prescott Valley said the program is applicable to students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
Larson said inquiry-based mathematics is centered on three basic principles for student learning: Students learn physically, visually and abstractly. Physical learning uses real-life scenarios to teach math concepts and abstract learning strictly deals with formulas and numbers.
“Inquiry-based mathematics deals with making sense of everything you learn,” she said. “You shouldn’t be doing something that doesn’t make perfect sense to you.”
PLL is used to house all of Larson’s video lessons, which are accessible to teachers around the world for free.
Larson said the collection of videos, which feature her teaching the subject matter to a class of students, has spread by word-of-mouth and has had a tremendous impact on teachers around America.
“I use user-friendly language and relate to the students because kids learn in a hands-on manner,” she said. “Humboldt Unified took away math textbooks for kindergarten through fifth grade and now solely uses the videos.”
She worked with a team of 18 teachers this summer for eight days creating lesson plans and videos for each grade.
“We made sure all of the lesson plans were inquiry-based,” Larson said. “Humboldt Unified wanted to continue to compile the best-of-the-best lessons for each math subject.”
Larson said the change to inquiry-based mathematics had great success thus far, including in Humboldt Elementary School, which was named a top-10 Title l school in the nation for its strong proficiency in all subjects.
“It usually takes a long time to change the curriculum, so this type of success is incredible,” she said.
She used one phrase to describe a student’s learning experience with inquiry-based mathematics, which she said students often used to describe her class when she taught at ASU.
“You will learn a lot, but you will need to think a lot as well,” she said.
Heidi Blair, director of educational technology for the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, said the videos are very effective because Larson made a 12-minute introductory video and a PowerPoint presentation describing inquiry-based mathematics.
“The whole package provides teachers with great context to the lessons and videos,” she said. “The videos also give students several opportunities to achieve a deeper understanding of the subject material.”
She also said Larson is the perfect fit for the videos because of her enthusiastic nature and relatable teaching style.
“She models and practices what she preachers,” Blair said. “She also engages with the students in the videos, leading other students elsewhere to truly believe they can learn and master the subject material.”
Humboldt Unified Director of Educational Services Cole Young said understanding the shift in instruction has been the primary focus for Humboldt Unified over the past couple quarters.
“The teachers are using the videos to assist in their understanding of the inquiry process, because they are authentic models of what to expect throughout an inquiry lesson,” he said.
Although the process of implementation is not complete, he said the school district is seeing immediate success through the change.
“We have seen student success through the increase of instructional effectiveness due to teachers being more confident and focused on what inquiry instruction looks like because they have access to the videos as a resource,” Young said.
In addition to its immediate impact, Young said the new program is creating conversation throughout the school district.
“This change has teachers, parents and students talking about a new process of math instruction that deepens understanding and builds skills that involve critical thinking, problem solving and the synthesis of new information at a deeper level with students understanding how to apply what they know to new and unfamiliar situations,” he said.Reach the reporter at Justin.Toscano@asu.edu or follow him on Twitter @justintoscano3.Like The State Press on Facebook and follow @statepress on Twitter
(11/13/14 1:27am)
It was 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 14, 2012, at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan when Sgt. Jonathan Cudo and a few fellow Marines heard gunfire. Stunned but not lacking combat experience, they organized themselves to secure the perimeter in defense.
(11/05/14 3:49am)
The Tempe Undergraduate Student Government passed the Diversity On Campus Act, which created a committee to ensure that diversity is being addressed in more aspects of the University's curriculum.
(10/28/14 11:44pm)
STEAM kit materials at the ASU Polytechnic campus kept in separate bins. (Photo by Carly Traxler)
(10/22/14 11:30pm)
The Starbucks College Achievement Plan, an ASU and Starbucks partnership announced in June that allows Starbucks employees to receive discounted online bachelor's degrees from ASU, is now in full swing after the start of Session B.
(10/16/14 12:09am)
ASU Professor Paul Davies poses near his office at the Goldwater Center for Science and Engineering in Tempe. Davies recently devised a theory for the origins of cancer by combining physical and biomedical science that looks into the evolutionary roots of cancer. (Photo by Andrew Ybanez)
(10/09/14 10:00pm)
Tempe police reported the following incidents Thursday:A 27-year-old Phoenix man was arrested Oct. 4 in the 5000 block of South Mill Avenue on suspicion of aggravated DUI and having an open container of alcohol in the vehicle, according to a police report.Officers originally stopped the man for failing to maintain a single lane and driving in the bike lane, police reported.
After he was stopped by an officer, the man admitted to driving with a suspended license, according to the report.
The officer also observed signs of impairment, like odor of alcohol, slurred speech, and watery eyes, police reported.
Although the man denied drinking, when he stepped out of the vehicle, the man was unable to balance without swaying, according to the report.
Police also found an open container with alcohol in the man’s vehicle, police reported.
The man failed a breathalyzer test and just before being detained, he fled on foot down the road, ran through a park and climbed a wall before being taken into custody by police, according to the report.
The man was arrested and transported to Tempe City Jail, where he was booked, police reported. A 21-year-old Glendale man was arrested Oct. 2 on the 500 block of South Mill Avenue on suspicion of having narcotics and drug paraphernalia, according to a police report.
The man was first stopped for urinating in public, police reported. Police also saw him drop a bag of cocaine, which the man admitted was his, according to the report.
Officers also searched the man’s car and found two additional bags of cocaine, which the man admitted to purchasing in Glendale, police reported.
The man was arrested and transported to Tempe City Jail, where he was booked and released pending chargers.Reports compiled by Justin Toscano.Reach the reporter at Justin.Toscano@asu.edu or follow him on Twitter @justintoscano3. Like The State Press on Facebook and follow @statepress on Twitter.
(10/08/14 10:14pm)
Tempe police reported the following incidents Wednesday: A 26-year old Tempe man was arrested Oct. 3 on the 200 block of East Manhatton Drive on suspicion of aggravated assault, according to a police report.
The man and the Uber driver got into a heated argument after the driver refused to drive the man because he was drunk, police reported.The man punched the driver in his left eye, according to the report. The driver defended himself by using a stun device on the man and swinging his collapsible baton at the man, police reported.
Although the driver did not believe he hit the man, the man responded by punching the driver in the head before he fled the scene, police reported.
The driver followed the man in his vehicle, and just before police arrived, the man punched the rear driver’s side window, according to the report.
From the fight, the driver received a swollen left eye, a bloody nose, a chipped tooth and a small laceration to the top of his head, police reported.
The man was transported to Tempe City Jail, where he was booked and held to see a judge, according to the report.A 41-year-old Scottsdale man was arrested Sept. 30 at South 52nd Street and West University Drive on suspicion of having narcotics and dangerous drugs, selling narcotics and dangerous drugs and having drug paraphernalia, according to a police report.
The man was found asleep in his car at the intersection, police reported. The officer smelled alcohol on his breath and gave the man a DUI, according to the report.
The officer also searched the man’s car and found a clear plastic bag containing ecstasy pills in the front left pocket of the his vest and cocaine in the center console, police reported.
The officer also found about $3,282 in the man’s front right pocket, police reported.
The man admitted to owning the ecstasy pills and told officers he earned the money from his job, according to the report.
He was transported to Tempe City Jail, where he was booked and released pending charges.Reports compiled by Justin Toscano.Reach the reporter at Justin.Toscano@asu.edu or follow him on Twitter @justintoscano3Like The State Press on Facebook and follow @statepress on Twitter.
(10/07/14 11:36pm)
St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance in Arizona was able to win the Fight Against Hunger Campaign and $60,000 on Sunday with help from Tempe Undergraduate Student Government.
(10/07/14 11:31pm)
Police reported the following incidents Tuesday:A 37-year-old Phoenix woman was arrested Sept. 29 at South Elm Street and East Apache Boulevard on suspicion of possession of dangerous drugs and drug paraphernalia, according to a police report.
The woman, who was driving the car, and her friend were stopped in a green Chrysler for failing to yield while exiting a private drive, police reported.
When the vehicle was stopped, the woman gave officers permission to search her car, according to the report.
Officers found a glass pipe with black residue and a container of meth between the passenger’s seat and the center console, police reported.
The woman stated that the methamphetamine was hers and that she and her friend were going to smoke what was left over from Friday, police reported. She also said she always keeps meth between the seat and the center console, police reported.The woman added she was going to give the methamphetamine to her friend for free, because she didn’t want to drive around with it any longer, police reported. She told officers that she gets the meth from her husband every Friday after he gets paid, according to the report.
The woman was arrested and transported to Tempe City Jail, where she was booked and released pending charges, police reported.
A 51-year-old Tempe man was arrested Sept. 29 in the 100 block of South Price Road on suspicion of failing to show proper identification as a registered sex offender, according to a police report.
He was first contacted by an employee at the location because he was only wearing socks and a shirt in an ice machine room, according to a report.
Police were called and found crystal meth and a used syringe among the man's possessions, police reported.Yellow pills with hearts stamped on them, which were identified as ecstasy, were also found in a Motrin bottle, according to a police report.
The man was arrested and transported to Tempe City Jail, where he was booked and held to see judge, according to a police report. Reports compiled by Justin Toscano.Reach the reporter at Justin.Toscano@asu.edu or follow him on Twitter @justintoscano3.Like The State Press on Facebook and follow @statepress on Twitter.
(10/06/14 11:11pm)
Tempe Police reported the following incidents Monday:
A 42-year-old Tempe man was arrested Sept. 28 at South Kyrene Road and West Baseline Road on suspicion of forgery, according to a police report.
The man was originally stopped by officers for a bike violation and the man revealed he had a job in Tempe but did not have a social security number, police reported.
Officers asked the man what social security number he used on his employment application, the man said he did not remember, because he fabricated the number, according to a police report.
Further investigation confirmed that the man was hired using the fraudulent social security number of another person, according to a police report.
The man was transported to Tempe City Jail, where he was booked and held to see a judge, police reported.
A 58-year-old Phoenix man was arrested Sept. 27 at River Drive and Lemon Street on suspicion of unlawful use of transportation and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to a police report.
The man was driving a 2000 Izuzu Rodeo when he was stopped at Apache Boulevard and River Drive because license plate records indicated the vehicle was reported stolen the previous day, police reported.
The man said he was borrowing a friend’s vehicle to see his girlfriend that night and that he and the friend had been sleeping in the car on-and-off for about three months, according to a police report.
The man stated that he did not know exactly where the friend lived, but that he hangs out at the intersection of 24th Street and Van Buren Street, police reported.
The officer was advised by a dispatch of the description of the suspect of the stolen vehicle and said the description matched that of the male suspect whom he had just arrested, according to a police report.
The officer’s search revealed that the suspect had three methamphetamine pipes, two in his front right pocket and one in his front left pocket, police reported. The man admitted to using these pipes, according to a police report.
The man was transported to Tempe City Jail where he was booked and held to see a judge, police reported. Reports compiled by Justin Toscano Reach the reporter at Justin.Toscano@asu.edu or follow him on Twitter @justintoscano3.