High School Precalculus
High school precalculus is an advanced form of algebraic math and a student’s gateway to calculus and college-level mathematics. This High School Precalculus Web Guide can help teachers, students and parents navigate the abundance of precalculus resources, including study guides, available online.
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Students hoping to advance their studies to include calculus first need to face precalculus in high ... read more »
Teaching High School Precalculus
Use the Teaching High School Precalculus section to find the resources needed to help students make the transition from high school mathematics to college level calculus.
Insights for Teaching High School Precalculus
- University math departments often include practice materials on their official Web sites that can be used to compile extra practice exercises for students.
- Many mathematics Web sites that are unattractive or hard to navigate are full of good, free education resources. Although findingDulcinea usually weeds out sites for poor design, we’ve made some exceptions here to bring you as much information as possible.
Top Sites for Teaching High School Precalculus
For a precalculus review …
Texas A&M University Distance Learning offers suggestions for new precalculus teachers, including a course year schedule broken down into modules. The site also provides a collection of graph function templates that you can download for free.
The University of Puerto Rico Department of Mathematics hosts a quick list of precalculus review quizzes. Broken down into general topics, such as polynomials and percentages, each section includes examples of numerical and word problems as well as practice ideas.
For precalculus worksheets and other printables …
Brunnermath is an immense directory of worksheets, tutorials and activities for precalculus teachers to use for lessons. Although there are a few links that no longer work, there are far more that do, offering reviews, worksheets and even tests to download as PDFs.
Michigan Technological University hosts several precalculus worksheets as postscript files that you can download and print.
For precalculus lesson plans …
Virginia Department of Education has a collection of lesson plans for trigonometry, including those that can be used as a review for teaching high school precalculus to new students.
ExploreLearning has “Gizmos,” or online simulations of math concepts and situations, that visually show students how to work out problems. Each Gizmo has a guide that explains how to use it, along with suggestions on how it can be incorporated into a lesson. Use the variety of free material available or consider a subscription.
Math Forum of Drexel University offers several precalculus lesson plans, along with links to find even more precalculus materials.
Precalculus Resources for Parents
The Web provides plenty of precalculus resources for parents so ... read more »
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