UC-Berkeley math prof says she has to teach fractions to calculus students because standards have fallen so far

A well known University of California-Berkeley mathematics professor has slammed admissions standards at the top-flight ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Students with Calculus Credit: Math Class Choices

You may have earned academic college course credit by scoring well on Advanced Placement (AP) and/or International Baccalaureate (IB) examinations, or by receiving credit at a college or university ...
University of Delaware

Math 231/232 Integrated Calculus IA and IB

The information presented here is intended to describe the course goals for current and prospective students as well as others who are interested in our courses. It is not intended to replace the ...
U.S. News & World Report

AP Math Classes: How to Compare and Choose

The College Board offers four Advanced Placement classes in math: AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics and – the newest – AP Precalculus. Successful completion of an AP math class is ...
Opinion

'Five to eight years behind': UC Berkeley professor raises alarm over student math skills

A UC Berkeley mathematics professor has raised concerns about declining math preparedness among incoming calculus students. Zvezdelina Stankova says some students arrive five to eight years behind in ...
Scientific American

To Keep Students in STEM fields, Let’s Weed Out the Weed-Out Math Classes

All routes to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) degrees run through calculus classes. Each year, hundreds of thousands of college students take introductory calculus. But only a ...