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Self-regulated learning is a principle that describes learning behavior initiated, managed, and assessed by the learners themselves. In this post I describe what self-regulated learning looks like ...
A quieter revolution taking place aims to yank calculus instruction into the 21st century by teaching students through the use of real-world problems.
Calculus has long been one of the most-debated flash points in high school math. The course is commonly seen as the pinnacle of the high school progression, a clear signal to college admissions ...
Penn calculus courses are teaching students through a flipped classroom method this semester as a continuation of the Math Department's COVID-19 policy. Students must watch lectures on their own time ...
Math courses are often a barrier for students seeking to pursue a college credential, and for some, a lack of math curriculum during high school can make a STEM career seem out of reach. A new course ...
Starting in fall 2023, the course is intended to better prepare all students for college-level math regardless of their major.
Many students are getting lost along the way from high-school calculus to college-level mathematics, writes David M. Bressoud.
But for many other students, calculus isn’t the math course that will most help them—the right course often is statistics. But most admissions counselors have favored calculus (in many cases ...
Information for New Engineering StudentsIf you are a new engineering first-year student starting in the fall semester, you will most likely be pre-enrolled in an Applied Math (APPM) pre-calculus or ...
A seed grant from the state-funded California Learning Lab will be used to help address the equity gap in calculus courses and increase retention for engineering students at UC Santa Cruz.
Note MT105 Calculus II-AP (Math & Science Majors) assumes that you've studied the transcendental functions (exponential and logarithm). If you studied Calculus but did not learn the Calculus of these ...