Walter Hunter, who teaches a remedial algebra class at Montgomery County Community College, brought scissors to class last month so his students could cut their textbooks in half. The five-pound, ...

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More than 25% of the UC San Diego students placed in the school's lowest remedial math class had gotten a 4.0 grade average in high school math. One in eight freshmen at UC San Diego place below ...

A growing number of U.S. college students are entering higher education unprepared for college-level math, despite strong high school grades. Reports highlight a wide 'graduation gap' between diploma ...

EAST LANSING - A class that doesn't count toward an undergraduate degree and covers material that students were supposed to have mastered in high school has thwarted more than 1,700 students at ...

If you are a faculty member who is not in math, know that what's happening in many math departments can be directly hurting your own department and possibly your teaching preferences -- as well as the ...

I’ve heard classmates talk about “not being a math person,” but I’ve never thought of myself that way. I took four years of math in high school and passed all my classes with A’s and B’s. Yet, when I ...