Developmental math poses one of the biggest and most immutable challenges in higher education. Interventions to improve student success rates such as corequisite designs, curriculum alignment with ...

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 ...

Although going to college offers the promise of engaging with new ideas and learning new skills, when it comes to math, the experience can sometimes be like high school all over again. In a new study ...

For community-college students, math can be a dream-killer. They may be required to repeat classes they don’t need. Or they may need a different approach to the subject. Statewide, about 40% of all ...

How do I know what math course I should take? "Prerequisite" is a term for "something necessary as preparation for something else." In the case of math placement, prerequisites come in the form of ...

Jumping from high school to college-level statistics and geometry can feel like learning a new language. The concepts get more abstract, the formulas become more complex, and the homework piles up ...

Is this a picture of something bad, or something good? Cognitive scientists call this the global-local processing dilemma: Do we perceive the overall image, or focus on the details? Education policy ...

A Roosevelt International Middle School student takes a math enrichment class by computer at home in 2020. (Photo courtesy of San Diego Unified School District) This story first appeared at The 74, a ...