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Course designed to prepare students for calculus
In mathematics education, precalculus is a course, or a set of courses, that includes algebra and trigonometry at a level that is designed to prepare students for the study of calculus, thus the name precalculus. Schools often distinguish between algebra and trigonometry as two separate parts of the coursework. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: PrecalculusA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Considering, piloting, scaling and sustaining a research-based precalculus curriculum and professional development innovationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: PrecalculusThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Precalculus Concept Assessment: A Tool for Assessing Students’ Reasoning Abilities and UnderstandingsCited 114 times
- Go sideways: Introductio in analysin infinitorumA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Mathematics education in the United StatesA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
Noun A course, or set of courses, that includes (specifically) trigonometry and algebra at an appropriate level to prepare students to study calculus.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Precalculus Concept Assessment: A Tool for Assessing Students’ Reasoning Abilities and Understandings
High School Precalculus Students' Understanding of Slope as Measure
Brief Report: Characteristics of Precalculus Through Calculus 2 Programs: Insights From a National Census Survey
Detailing Racialized and Gendered Mechanisms of Undergraduate Precalculus and Calculus Classroom Instruction
Racialized and Gendered Labor in Students’ Responses to Precalculus and Calculus Instruction
Fast-Paced Precalculus Mathematics for Talented Junior High Students: Two Recent SMPY Programs
Roles and behaviors in technology- integrated precalculus classrooms
The effects of using graphing calculators to enhance college students' performance in precalculus
🆕 Influential since 2022
Considering, piloting, scaling and sustaining a research-based precalculus curriculum and professional development innovation
Examining the role of spatial and mathematical processes and gender in postsecondary precalculus
Infusing Active Learning into Precalculus and Calculus: Mathematics Department Transformation in Challenging Times
Spaced recall reduces forgetting of fundamental mathematical concepts in a post high school precalculus course
Standards-based Grading in Difficult Times: Precalculus Student Perceptions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
đź“š Books worth reading
PrecalculusRon Larson, Roland E. Larson · 1900
The Enjoyment of MathematicsHans Rademacher, Otto Toeplitz · 1930
Precalculus With LimitsRon Larson · 1993
PrecalculusMichael Joseph Sullivan Jr., Michael Sullivan III · 1988
PrecalculusJ. S. Ratti · 2009
PrecalculusEarl William Swokowski, Jeffery Cole · 1986
PrecalculusJames Stewart, Lothar Redlin · 1998
College algebraMark Dugopolski · 1995
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