Linear Algebra and Geometry: Advanced Mathematics for More Students

EDC is developing, testing, and publishing Linear Algebra and Geometry, a modular curriculum for high school capstone courses that features three semesters worth of topics in linear algebra and its applications. The student resources contain two main parts: 1) a core semester for all students that develops two- and three-dimensional geometry from a vectorial perspective and that treats matrix algebra and its applications to geometry and other high school topics; and 2) twelve stand-alone modules that develop applications of this core to mathematics, engineering, science, and other STEM fields. The project is conducting research on student learning experiences related to critical aspects of linear algebra and on the effect the materials have on teaching, learning, and the post-secondary performance of students who use them.