Correction & clarification: This article was updated to remove incorrect details about math courses and departments at the University of California, Santa Cruz. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Math professor ...

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Rockmore explains a case made by Freakonomics economist and provocateur Steven Levitt, who says he believes math pedagogy in general needs a big update, including an increased emphasis on statistics ...

About 10 years ago, Alan Garfinkel, a professor in the life sciences department at the University of California, Los Angeles, got a call. It was from his dean, who said that the department had ...

Not sure if this is the proper place to be asking this question, but I thought I might as well try. I've been studying Calculus recently, and in all honesty, I've ...

High school math, and algebra, in particular, is in crisis. Although some students thrive on the pathway to calculus, most do not. Algebra I is the single most failed course in American high schools.

The organization argues that unequal access to rigorous math instruction has contributed to persistent disparities in college readiness ...

The Math Placement Exam (MPE) is administered each year to allow Architecture and Construction Management majors to qualify for a variety of courses which require mathematical competency in arithmetic ...