Sean Cavanagh’s most recent blog entry, “Rush to Calculus?,” about a math professor at Rutgers University who questions the push for students to take calculus in high school struck a chord with me.
Two high school students not only conquered calculus, they pulled off an achievement that can stump college professors. Of the 302,532 students around the world who took the Advanced Placement ...
A 17-year-old Arcadia High School student earned a perfect score on the Advanced Placement Calculus BC exam in May, making him one of only 11 in the world this year to perform such a feat. Nathan Chou ...
If students aren’t adequately prepared for college-level math courses in high school, it can make completing a college degree more difficult, with some students needing to spend time and money on ...
A Los Angeles High School senior achieved a remarkable feat this week when he became only one of 12 students in the world to have gotten a perfect score on his calculus AP exam. Cedrick Argueta, 17, ...
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. -- An Indiana high school student has become the only person in the world to land a perfect score on an AP calculus exam. Denise White has taught different levels of calculus ...
A Grade 12 student in Surrey has made history. This year, he was one of more than 267,000 students to take an internationally renowned calculus exam. He scored a perfect mark, making him the sixth ...
In suburban Howard County, Md., lots of students take calculus in high school. Or at least, lots of white and Asian students do. In 2011, African-American and Hispanic students made up about 30 ...