U.S. students are experiencing a math crisis marked by a decline in scores that began over a decade ago and rapidly ...
Diego Fonseca is a computer science major who hoped to get into calculus in college but, like many college students today, he is still struggling with basic math. He has major hurdles with algebra, a ...
Math can feel intimidating for many students, but small, strategic techniques can make a big difference in understanding and ...
Mapúa SHS empowers its students by adopting several best practices from international counterparts, including drill-based learning for mastery of foundational skills, and inquiry-based learning to ...
Includes updates and/or revisions. The influence of a federal report calling for a more orderly approach to teaching mathematics in the early grades will hinge largely on whether its message is ...
‏Jami Jorgensen is the human jukebox of quadratic equations. “Anything that’s an algorithm, I have a song for it,” said the energetic middle-school math teacher in Hayward Unified, in the east Bay ...
States and districts need to set targets for improvement, use innovative interventions and be more transparent about student ...
The grinding sound of metal on metal filtered through the walls of Chris Lindberg’s math class at Shoreline Community College, but his students had no trouble tuning out the noise. “We’ve got a ...
If you can’t simplify the following operation, chances are the state won’t let you graduate from community college: Algebra problems like this one are at the heart of a dispute over the level of math ...
The report declares that a truce is necessary in the so-called math wars. Traditionalists emphasize math facts and direct instruction of procedures, while progressives focus on conceptual ...