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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This isn’t a “why is math so bad in the Us ?” question that I have seen a few times here recently. It’s why is math taught the the way it is here? I mean: why is it taught in separate topics in middle/high school, ending in some form of calculus? I went to school in another country where math each year is a mix of many different topics and the [b]final/hardest math class will have a mix of advanced topics including calculus, statistics, etc[/b]. I think it is taught this way in many other places too.  I am certainly not assuming that the way I was taught was better (and I never even took the highest level offered in my curriculum), but I am wondering what is the reason for the way it is taught in the US? [/quote]

Classes that are include a mix of topics are not as in depth as the courses dedicated to a single area. In US, International Baccalaureate is like that but it’s not as good as AP Calculus or AP Statistics.

The US curriculum is more influenced by college classes which explore a single topic in detail. Advanced classes in high school are meant to line up with college classes so the student can take credit or use a prerequisite. It sort of trickles down to Algebra and Geometry and it’s worth noting that colleges in US have classes like Precalculus, College Algebra. [/quote]

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