Many students who lacked hands-on, in-person teachings due to the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and school closures are now struggling with basic math at the college level, according ...

Diego Fonseca is a computer science major who hoped to get into calculus in college but, like many college students today, he is still struggling with basic math. He has major hurdles with algebra, a ...

FAIRFAX, Va. — Diego Fonseca looked at the computer and took a breath. It was his final attempt at the math placement test for his first year of college. His first three tries put him in pre-calculus, ...

Math is not everyone's favorite subject—it can be frustrating and tedious when equations seem to come from thin air and concepts lack proper context. A great solution to this problem would be a class ...

The typical ambitious high school student takes advanced algebra, trigonometry, pre-calculus and calculus. None of that math may be necessary for the vast majority of undergraduates who don’t intend ...

Julia Short remembers hating mathematics throughout middle and high school. Short didn’t understand math and thought she never would. That uncertainty and anxiety seeped into her confidence, making ...

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FAIRFAX, Va. — Diego Fonseca looked at the computer and took a breath. It was his final attempt at the math placement test for his first year of college. His first three tries put him in pre-calculus, ...