Students understand calculus better when the lessons are active
A new study found that college students better understand complex calculus concepts in active learning classes. Hill Street Studios/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesCollege students learn more calculus in an active learning course in which students solve problems during class than in a traditional lecture-based course. That’s according to a peer-reviewed study my colleagues and I published in Science. We also found that college students better understood complex calculus concepts and earned better