Engage in lab-based activities designed to strengthen their problem-solving skills and expand knowledge of the topics in secondary mathematics, focusing especially on topics from precalculus and the ...

Model building via linear regression models. Method of least squares, theory and practice. Checking for adequacy of a model, examination of residuals, checking outliers. Practical hand on experience ...

Back in my randy Catholic-girls’-school days, it didn’t take a lot for a math teacher to be considered “hot.” A man of the calculus could wear a pocket protector and still provoke some desire, so long ...

It's a familiar picture: A middle school student stares absently at his dog-eared algebra textbook, trying to force his way through the evening's set of quadratic equations. As he chews on his pen cap ...

The University of Delaware Summer Math Modeling Program is a free, nonresidential, five-day program for rising juniors and seniors in high school interested in math modeling. Participating students ...

MATLAB—a math modeling software—is used to design sophisticated structures. Engineering professor Panchapakesan Venkataram found an equally creative use for the popular software: designing intricate ...

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’ ...