Orlando Sentinel

Looking to boost calculus success, Orange schools turn to 7th graders

Three years ago, Orange County school administrators decided they needed to help more minority students tackle high school calculus, a class that can pave the way to lucrative careers in engineering, ...
The Boston Globe

Some schools cut paths to calculus in the name of equity. One group takes the opposite approach.

BROOKLINE — It was a gray morning in July, and most of their peers were spending the summer sleeping late and hanging out with friends. But the 20 rising 10th graders in Lisa Rodriguez’s class at ...
EdSource

High calculus failure rates thwart students across CSU

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. At 8 a.m. in a Salazar Hall classroom, Cal State Los Angeles instructor Jennica Melendez was leading her Calculus 1 class through a lively ...
Simon Fraser University

Flipping the Classroom: An Investigation of Student and Instructor Experience in Two First-Year Calculus Courses and Its Impact on Learning

Papers: A paper (PDF1, PDF2) was accepted for a paper presentation at the 2014 International Conference of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in Education, Vancouver BC. A ...
Orlando Sentinel

Orange schools fall short of goal for more minority students to take calculus

Caleb Vitalus always liked math, even if it was sometimes difficult. He liked the order it provided, the step-by-step way it untangled problems. “It’s like a story being told for me. I like getting to ...