U.S. News and World Report – Alexandria Pannoni
“April is Mathematics Awareness Month, but many high schoolers lose interest in the subject and aren’t prepared to excel in math in college. Only 42 percent of 2015 high school graduates who took the ACT – roughly 1.9 million students – were ready for college-level math, according to a report by the administors of the exam. And a 2015 U.S. News analysis of STEM activity in the U.S. found that interest in math across all demographics of high schoolers fell through 2014. Every once in a while, 29-year teaching veteran Paul Kelley has a student who hasn’t had a lot of previous success in math and has been somewhat beaten down by the experience, the Minnesota teacher says. The Anoka High School math teacher tries to help students change their attitudes toward math, but it can be a struggle. Parents may be able to help high schoolers change their attitudes and performance in math class, as this Twitter user suggests.”(more)