In this contribution it is shown how Gauss’ famous cyclotomic sum formula can be used for extracting square-roots modulo .

Many educators have suggested that note taking can be beneficial for the students’ educational growth. Note taking is the core activity for students in a classroom and there been a large amount of research conducted, both from industry and from academia, into facilitating the note taking process. As such, there are many available systems for taking notes. However, what has not been given as muc...

To be successful in inclusive classrooms, middle school students need effective note-taking skills to learn lecture content. Unfortunately, students with disabilities perform poorly at recording critical lecture content in notes and perform poorly on subsequent tests. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the effects of a note-taking technique, called strategic note-taking, on the ...

Both electronic note-taking (typing) and traditional note-taking (handwriting) are being utilized by college students to retain information. The effects of the method of notetaking and note-taking context were examined to determine if handwriting or typing notes and whether a lecture context or a textbook-reading context influenced retention. Pitzer College and Scripps College students were ass...

Note-taking has a long history in educational settings. Previous research has shown that note-taking leads to improved learning and performance on assessment. It was therefore hypothesized that note-taking could play an important role in narrative-centered learning. To investigate this question, a note-taking facility was introduced into a narrative-centered learning environment. Students were ...