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Professors say high school math doesn’t prepare most students for their college majors

Nov 30, 2023 | West County Blog

Professors say they really want their students to be able to analyze data, create charts and spreadsheets and reason mathematically – skills that high school math courses often skip or rush through. “Teachers are so focused on covering all the topics that they don’t have time to do the practices when the practices are what really matters,”

CAN WE REWIRE OUR BRAINS TO BE MORE FLUENT IN MATH?

Nov 21, 2022 | West County Blog

The problem with focusing relentlessly on understanding is that math and science students can often grasp essentials of an important idea, but this understanding can quickly slip away without consolidation through practice and repetition.