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Topics covered in Calculus I and II (university level) that aren't covered in the AP Curriculum
I teach AP Calculus BC at my high school and we have AP Calculus AB as a pre-req for taking BC. So most of my students are coming in with a strong calculus foundation, and I can spend less time on the ...
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When (and why) did geometric means of more than two numbers exit the secondary curriculum?
In contemporary US secondary mathematics textbooks, geometric means occasionally make a brief appearance. For example:
In Geometry, students learn that when an altitude is dropped to the hypotenuse ...
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Common Core, threat or menace? Or maybe ok after all?
I have a background in math but no contact with secondary education or kids. I hear all sorts of stories ... horror stories mostly ... about the Common Core math curriculum in the USA. Then I hear ...
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What universities in the United States have Spanish-language mathematics classes?
This is a simple question, which I haven't found the answer to online.
Due to the increasing number of Spanish-speaking students in American universities, I've been interested in teaching Spanish-...
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