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  2. Mathematics education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A typical sequence of secondary-school (grades 6 to 12) courses in mathematics reads: Pre-Algebra (7th or 8th grade), Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-calculus, and Calculus or Statistics. However, some students enroll in integrated programs [ 3 ] while many complete high school without passing Calculus or Statistics.

  3. Mnemonics in trigonometry - Wikipedia

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    Signs of trigonometric functions in each quadrant. All Students Take Calculus is a mnemonic for the sign of each trigonometric functions in each quadrant of the plane. The letters ASTC signify which of the trigonometric functions are positive, starting in the top right 1st quadrant and moving counterclockwise through quadrants 2 to 4.

  4. Core-Plus Mathematics Project - Wikipedia

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    R. Hill and T. Parker analyzed the college mathematics records of students arriving at MSU from four high schools that implemented the Core-Plus Mathematics program between 1996 and 1999. They found a "disconnect" between the mathematics expectations that students encounter in K-12 education and those that they encounter in college.

  5. Mathematics education - Wikipedia

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    Standards-based mathematics: a vision for pre-college mathematics education in the United States and Canada, focused on deepening student understanding of mathematical ideas and procedures, and formalized by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics which created the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.

  6. Mathematics education in New York - Wikipedia

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    Math A replaced the former "Course 1" curriculum which focused solely on the topic of algebra, while Math A covered a whole range of topics. After algebra, students would take Geometry in the 10th grade and Algebra II in the 11th grade. In Math A, students learned to how write, solve, and graph equations and inequalities.

  7. Interactive Mathematics Program - Wikipedia

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    The Interactive Mathematics Program (IMP) is a four-year, problem-based mathematics curriculum for high schools. It was one of several curricula funded by the National Science Foundation and designed around the 1989 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards .

  8. Elementary Calculus: An Infinitesimal Approach - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] [4] Keisler's student K. Sullivan, [5] as part of her PhD thesis, performed a controlled experiment involving 5 schools, which found Elementary Calculus to have advantages over the standard method of teaching calculus. [1] [6] Despite the benefits described by Sullivan, the vast majority of mathematicians have not adopted infinitesimal ...

  9. Word problem (mathematics education) - Wikipedia

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    Word problem from the Līlāvatī (12th century), with its English translation and solution. In science education, a word problem is a mathematical exercise (such as in a textbook, worksheet, or exam) where significant background information on the problem is presented in ordinary language rather than in mathematical notation.