The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Calculus is a powerful mathematical tool. But for hundreds of years after its invention in the 17th century, it stood on a shaky ...

Calculus can be a miserable slog for many high schoolers. It’s estimated that 20 percent of students (about 800,000 a year) take the subject, generally when they are seniors. I was surprised to learn ...

Calculus is the study of change. Calculus teaching methods, however, have changed little in recent decades. Now, FIU research shows a new model could improve calculus instruction nationwide. A study ...

Learning Assistant Juan Ignacio Sanchez Quintana, center, works with a student in Calculus I class. FIU changed the way it teaches calculus, and managed to increase the pass rate. Miami, Florida, ...

Calculus has a formidable reputation as being difficult and/or unpleasant, but it doesn’t have to be. Bringing humor and a sense of play to the topic can go a long way toward demystifying it. That’s ...

All engineering students take the four quarter Calculus sequence for Science and Engineering Majors, Math 11, 12, 13, and 14. Biochemistry, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics majors ...