Pre-algebra (Math 1090) enhances students’ basic math skills through the study of key skill strands that are explored across different types of numbers, including whole numbers, fractions, signed ...

Stanford math education professor Jo Boaler spends a lot of time worrying about how math education in the United States traumatizes kids. Recently, a colleague’s 7-year-old came home from school and ...

The syllabus for Pre-Algebra (Math 1090), one of the courses within the Developmental Mathematics Program in the Department of Mathematics at Western Michigan University, offers information to help ...

One of the joys of being an educator is embracing all the differences every student brings to the classroom, while teaching them to celebrate those unique traits in themselves and each other. Yet, ...

Within the last few years, it has become increasingly popular for educators, social scientists, and even politicians to question the necessity of an education in mathematics. In his popular 2016 book, ...