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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 ...

Learning Assistant Juan Ignacio Sanchez Quintana, center, works with a student in Calculus I class. FIU changed the way it teaches calculus, and managed to increase the pass rate. Miami, Florida, ...

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, ...

Universities need to rethink math instruction to better support students and address persistent challenges in college-level mathematics.

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Math education needs a reboot. Kids today are growing up into a world awash in data, and they need new skills to make sense of it all. The list of high school math courses in the U.S. hasn’t changed ...

IT IS the ultimate “your life in their hands” moment. The anaesthetist is counting down from 10. You are about to lose the ability to feel, to breathe independently. From the instant you lose ...