Caleb Vitalus always liked math, even if it was sometimes difficult. He liked the order it provided, the step-by-step way it untangled problems. “It’s like a story being told for me. I like getting to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Linda Darling-Hammond is an expert on education research and policy. This blog was updated on June 24, 2026 to clarify a statistic ...

If you are a new engineering first-year student starting in the fall semester, you will most likely be pre-enrolled in an Applied Math (APPM) pre-calculus or calculus course based on patterns of prior ...

The recent news about plummeting math preparation among University of California, San Diego, students was startling: Over five years, the number of incoming students deemed to need remedial math ...

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HELPFUL HINTS: When hiring a private tutor, check the individual's credentials. Questions that should be asked include: 1) What are your credentials? 2) Where are you currently enrolled or teaching? 3 ...

In this video I will give tips to students to succeed in Pre Calculus Math.

In this video series, I show you how to simplify rational complex numbers. We do this by eliminating dividing by an imaginary number. We can either do this by multiplying by i, which produces -1, or ...

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 ...