The University of Michigan is redesigning foundational math to connect calculus to real-world engineering—and get students to ...

A well known University of California-Berkeley mathematics professor has slammed admissions standards at the top-flight ...

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A UC Berkeley mathematics professor is raising concerns about student preparedness, saying some incoming calculus students ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Calculus is a powerful mathematical tool. But for hundreds of years after its invention in the 17th century, it stood on a shaky ...

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 ...

For more than 30 years, calculus has been seen as the pinnacle of high school math—essential for careers in the hard sciences, and an explicit or unspoken prerequisite for top-tier colleges. But now, ...