What should the high school math curriculum consist of?
WEBI would like a high school student to be able to quickly recognize that $11, say, is a great price, and that if the price is any more than $20, they are being cheated. I don't think most high school students have internalized the necessary math for this, so let's a bit risible to bring ZFC into curricular discussions. $\endgroup$ –
Textbook recommendations for self-studying high school math?
WEBAug 25, 2012 · While I'm not sure what the curriculum is where you are, in my high school we did: Grade 9: Cartesian coordinates and linear equations. Grade 10: Quadratic Equations (factoring, expanding, completing the square and the quadratic formula) and basic trigonometry (working with definitions of $\sin$, $\cos$ and $\tan$).
recreational mathematics - Math curriculum high school/ …
WEBUnfortunately, math education these days, at least in lower-level courses, is primarily memorization-oriented instead of understanding-oriented. It's incredibly inefficient; it makes people hate math, and it makes students work unnecessarily hard to …
How long will it take to learn algebra 1 & 2, geometry, and pre ...
WEBJul 29, 2017 · $\begingroup$ My high school allowed students to take Algebra I in either 8th grade or 1st semester 9th grade, then Geometry either semester of 9th grade as long as you had finished algebra I. Then you could take Algebra II in the fall and precalculus in the spring in 10th grade.
High school algebra textbooks for gifted students
WEBJun 1, 2015 · Cross-posted to Math Educators Stack Exchange. I am looking for high school algebra/mathematics textbooks targeted at talented students, as preparation for fully rigorous calculus à la Spivak. I am interested in the best materials available in English, French, German or Hebrew.
Should a high school introductory calculus class teach
WEBHigh school is supposed to prepare us for college. The best thing we can do for a college-bound high school student is to teach them how to think. Rigorous thinking applies to many fields. So if you can teach $\epsilon-\delta$ rigorously, but without losing sight of its imperative, then do so. Otherwise, find a different way.
education - Where does binary arithmetic/manipulation enter the ...
WEBIn that curriculum, binary is introduced in Level II, which is grades 9-10. Despite all this, it does appear that binary is taught in many state and local mathematics school curricula. As I said, I have found that students pick up the concepts of binary nicely even at early grade levels, and it helps them gain perspective on a number of ...
reference request - Self-study High School Math Textbooks ...
WEBFeb 29, 2016 · As Carser has mentioned, Khan Academy high school math offers a lot of videos that can be self-studied, and I found Khan Academy useful up to intermediate-level university math as well (Differential Equations, Vector Calculus and the like). HELM could complement KA well by providing a "workbook" of sorts to practice from.
What's a good book for a beginner in high school math …
WEBI'm getting really frustrated trying to study for math competitions: On the one hand, there are books teaching the high school curriculum, but that's it. I don't need these, I know (almost) everything on your regular high school curriculum. On the other hand, there are books for …
Number theory for a high school Calculus student?
WEBNov 27, 2011 · $\begingroup$ The Art of Problem Solving Volume 1 and 2 (especially 2) are nice books which go beyond the standard high school curriculum in general and venture into competition math. They got me interested in higher math. $\endgroup$ –