Admissions tests like the SAT, CLT, and ACT have been historically required for students wanting to enter college. Not only did the tests give the colleges an idea of a student’s abilities, but they also helped colleges find students and students find scholarships. In the past 10 years, there have been multiple studies showing the
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My algebra 2 class started rubbing elbows with Calculus this past month. Do the students know how close they got to the infinite God? Do they see that their discovery of an asymptote of a rational function is the beginning of the study of calculus? No. Except that I told them. I cannot let an
“Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of flesh,” (Ecclesiastes 12:12 KJV). It is true. You know it, I know it, and our teenagers in the deep-end of Omnibus know it. If we are not careful, we can interpret this with the same sentiment that runs wild in
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Pragmatism is not the enemy of a classical education. And yet… Somedays I bounce from practical to theoretical faster than a ping pong ball. I relish the delight and wonder of pondering the “deeper magic” and the beauty of the mathematics of calculus or even exponential functions. I want my children and students to glory
We have a love/hate relationship with math in our house. Much like our fickleness about the weather, we love math when it is fine, and hate it when it is gray and cold. Recently, I have discovered the joy of the order of mathematics and how it is reflected in my daily life. When a
