You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Many community colleges have made changes to math placement policies, course structure and curriculum ...
In the United States, math performance and scores continues to decline significantly, according to recent reporting in U.S. News and World Report. In addition, U.S. teenagers trail global competitors, ...
A San Diego area community college that moved early to eliminate remedial math courses is drawing lots of attention across the state for success in teaching math. Not only are students at Cuyamaca ...
Many college students struggle with math anxiety, which can slow their progression toward a degree or impact their choice of program of study. Some colleges and universities have sought to decrease ...
Harvard might be America’s most elite university — but now it’s offering remedial math classes. The school’s math department is providing a new scaled-back math class for freshmen who are apparently ...
Students can’t succeed in math if they’re never exposed to it. And many students never get access to advanced—or even some foundational—math in high school. New federal civil rights data and an ...
Five states — Georgia, California, Tennessee, Utah and Oregon — have better aligned high school and college math courses in ...
It should come as no surprise to anyone that to succeed in a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) field, one needs a solid foundation in mathematics. When my sons entered college, even ...
In math, Algebra 1 is a make-or-break course. The class is the gateway to high school math, and struggling to complete it can close off those higher-level pathways—and even jeopardize students’ ...
If you're old enough, you probably remember getting a line from your math teacher that you need to learn the steps to an equation because "you won't always be carrying a calculator with you." In an AP ...