Caleb Vitalus always liked math, even if it was sometimes difficult. He liked the order it provided, the step-by-step way it untangled problems. “It’s like a story being told for me. I like getting to ...

Efforts to reform the way college calculus is taught began in the late 1980s, but more than 30 years later, many students are still struggling with the subject. At least one semester of calculus is ...

Though calculus is a notoriously difficult and abstract area of mathematics, its applications form the basis for much of modern technology, science and engineering. Prof. Steven Strogatz, applied ...

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 ...