Calculus has a formidable reputation as being difficult and/or unpleasant, but it doesn’t have to be. Bringing humor and a sense of play to the topic can go a long way toward demystifying it. That’s ...

This teacher believes that “deprioritizing abstract math like calculus in favor of practical math, with a focus on statistical literacy, reduces barriers to entry and will help increase diversity in ...

A new video game that launched last month aims to help students learn one of the most difficult academic subjects while having fun. In the game, called “Variant,” users try to navigate an avatar ...

I think there is a serious disconnect between what we actually teach in a calculus class, and what students ought to be learning from (and taking away from) a calculus class. In my syllabus for ...

Many college students who take calculus fail to earn a C or better. Could ‘active learning’ help turn things around? pixabay Math departments fail too many calculus students and do not adequately ...

Forget a new way to teach calculus in high school. Start asking why we are even teaching it at all when 95% of students will never use it in the real world (I'm an engineer and I can count on one hand ...