Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study found that college students better understand complex calculus concepts in active learning classes. Hill Street ...

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But, both of these would require large structural changes for a course that teaches hundreds of students a year — something that can’t really happen in the near term. What could happen now, though, is ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What has been the best math lesson you have taught and why do you think it was so good? We’ve all taught some great lessons and we’ve also all taught some pretty bad ...

College students learn more calculus in an active learning course in which students solve problems during class than in a traditional lecture-based course. That’s according to a peer-reviewed study my ...

A new study found that college students better understand complex calculus concepts in active learning classes. Hill Street Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images College students learn more calculus ...