Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the prestigious California Institute of Technology announced in August it would drop calculus as an admissions requirement — ...

Calculus is the study of change. Calculus teaching methods, however, have changed little in recent decades. Now, FIU research shows a new model could improve calculus instruction nationwide. A study ...

Choosing high school courses can feel high-stakes—and for good reason. According to a survey from the National Association for College Admission Counseling, nearly 87% of colleges believe curriculum ...

Part of the premise of Good Will Hunting is that if you’re smart enough, you should skip formal education and teach yourself with books. And that was before prestigious universities started uploading ...

Corrected: This story has been updated to reflect Ralph Pantozzi’s full statement. Corrected: A previous version of this story misstated the location of Kent Place School. It is located in Summit, N.J ...

More than a decade ago, when Adrian Mims was working on his dissertation, he uncovered a confusing pattern in Black students’ math trajectories in the suburban district he was studying. While many ...

Calculus can be a miserable slog for many high schoolers. It’s estimated that 20 percent of students (about 800,000 a year) take the subject, generally when they are seniors. I was surprised to learn ...

All prerequisite courses must be passed with a grade of C- or better. For official course descriptions, please see the current CU-Boulder Catalog. MATH 3001 Analysis 1 Provides a rigorous treatment of ...

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Saint Louis University uses several methods to ensure students are placed into the correct mathematics coursework. Students are required to take a math ...