The cultural shift to the political right will have foreseeable consequences, but banning of controversial books such as “Huckleberry Finn,” “To Kill a Mockingbird,” “Catcher in the Rye” and “The ...

Contrary to widely-held opinion, taking high school calculus isn't necessary for success later in college calculus -- what's more important is mastering the prerequisites, algebra, geometry, and ...

This favorite lesson explores a novel geometric approach to determine the exact-value trigonometric ratios for angle measures of 22.5 degrees, 67.5 degrees, 15 degrees, and 75 degrees. Journal ...

It may be necessary to use Pythagoras' theorem and trigonometry to solve a problem. The trigonometric ratios can be used to solve 3-dimensional problems which involve ...

Andrew Hacker, a political science professor at Queens College, says all students don't need to learn calculus, geometry and trigonometry. He's pushing for the adoption of "numeracy" -- which would ...

For centuries, the Pythagorean Theorem has occupied a unique position in mathematics: both elementary and profound. Its ...

I recently finished reading "The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions" by Andrew Hacker. I came on his writing through some opinion pieces he wrote, and I think there was a big piece in The Atlantic.

Board Exam 2019: CBSE board exams have begun and with it have the last leg of preparation. The mathematics exam for class 10th students is scheduled on March 7. The last few days leading up to the ...

I remember very little about high school trigonometry, other than the teacher was tough enough she could have played Dorothy’s bicycle-riding, wicked-witch Trig was a “solid” in those days; courses ...