Pre-algebra (Math 1090) enhances students’ basic math skills through the study of key skill strands that are explored across different types of numbers, including whole numbers, fractions, signed ...

The study authors frame the gains this way: “The effect size of approximately 0.20 is educationally meaningful - equivalent to moving an algebra I student from the 50th to the 58th percentile.” ...

In 1990, only 16 percent of 8th graders enrolled in an algebra course, versus 81 percent in a more basic pre-algebra course. By 2011, fully 47 percent of 8th grade students reported taking Algebra ...

Under the Common Core standards, which California adopted two years ago and is beginning to implement now, Algebra is recommended for ninth grade, and pre-Algebra is taught in eighth grade. Students ...

According to a 2024 study from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, 71% of Ohio eighth graders were not proficient in math in 2022, up from 62% in 2019. So, what's going wrong for middle school math ...

That change is even more stark in California since 2013, when the state got rid of incentives for middle schools to offer Algebra I, instead shifting its focus to Common Core math implementation.

Tri-C students in beginning algebra course are helping researchers study math test anxiety. Updated: Oct. 29, 2017, 11:00 a.m. ... and to gauge their pre-test psychological state.

Learning about all those x’s, y’s and quadratic equations too early in life may do more harm than good for some students, a new University of California, Davis, study says. The study will be presented ...

Students quickly forget what they learn in a traditional algebra class, but linking algebra to real-world problems helps them retain the information, a new study shows. Skip to content Local News ...