Prealgebra 2

Extraordinary Live Instruction from Accomplished Faculty

Dana Paquin

Stanford PhD Budapest Semesters Invitee Stanford Math Circle Director

Brian Edwards

Northwestern PhD MOP Invitee USA Math Talent Search Director

Josh Zucker

Stanford & Berkeley MS Putnam Top 10 US Physics Team

Ashley Ahlin

UChicago PhD Westinghouse Winner MATHCOUNTS Top 3

Miles Dillon Edwards

MOP Invitee RSI Invitee Putnam Top 25

Our teachers were outstanding math students themselves, and many were winners of major math awards as well as recipients of degrees from the best universities in the nation. They understand from their personal experiences how to galvanize eager learners, and they serve as role models for students who aspire to similar success.

Active Learning

Students learn best by tackling hard problems themselves, not by watching others do the work. In our classes, instructors start with questions, challenging the students to find the key insights on their own. This helps students learn how to generate new ideas and develop new skills as needed, though teachers and assistants also provide hints and direct instruction when students get stuck. Once students have the solution, the instructors reinforce important concepts and strategies and move on to the next problem.

Focus on Non-Routine, Challenging Problems

Successful people in the next generation will need to develop new skills throughout their careers as their older skills become obsolete. To prepare our students for this challenging future, we show students how to apply fundamentals to different types of problems, not just variations on the same problem they’ve seen before. Our students will be ready for the rigors of top-tier colleges and internationally competitive careers because they have been taught how to learn.

Multiple Learning Avenues

Students learn in many ways, so we teach through multiple avenues. In addition to the live classes, our students can read the Prealgebra textbook, watch videos, solve many different types of homework problems, and participate in mathematical conversations with instructors and other students on the class message board.