Over a decade ago, I learned about a pioneering course at Cabrillo College in California. In it, students collected survey data in their neighborhoods on issues such as youth gangs or discrimination ...

During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 ...

Many students complain and question math learning in school because they feel it isn’t necessary for their future lives. However, many students don’t realize that math is used and applied everywhere.

This post was updated March 10 at 11:10 a.m. UCLA researchers published a study discussing the success of the Life Sciences 30 series, a set of classes at UCLA designed to revitalize the way life ...

All routes to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degrees run through calculus classes. Each year, hundreds of thousands of college students take introductory calculus. But only a ...

(STACKER) – Let’s face it: Math can be a polarizing subject, especially among high school students who don’t think they’ll ever use it again after graduation. Sometimes kids might dread their ...

Last night, my fourth grader didn’t want to do his homework. “Nothing I learn in school matters in the real world!” he complained. “Why will I ever need to know what 378 times 7 is?” After explaining ...

Unit 1. Descriptive statistics. Basic descriptive statistics -- Visual display of data -- Bivariate data and linear regression -- Exponential and logarithmic functions -- Unit 2. Discrete time ...