In 2009, Delta Math was created by Zach Korzyk. After experimenting with code, he wrote a program that substituted numbers into the quadratic formula. A student replied to the program positively, which led Korzyk to develop a website.

Since then, over four million students and 100 thousand teachers have been utilizing Delta Math in the classroom, including students and educators at Del Val.

Ryan Murphy, head of the math department, has placed Delta Math into all of the math curricula for this year. Del Val has only been using Delta Math for “about a month and a half,” according to Murphy.

Despite Delta Math having many great reviews, students have expressed negative comments about the site. Freshman Naomi Cantilina has been witness to these opinions.

“I’ve heard a lot of people don’t like it,” Cantilina said.

When students incorrectly answer problems on the website, they lose the credit they earned for correctly answering the last question. This can make completing Delta Math assignments challenging, especially for students who are struggling with the work. If students are given many problems at a time, it can be overwhelming. Busy students may struggle to find time to complete the assigned work.

Delta Math can also positively impact students. It aids struggling students by giving them extra practice with topics they may be experiencing difficulties with, and it can help boost students’ grades if the assignments are correctly completed.

“I can also look at example problems on Delta Math,” Cantilina said.

Delta Math provides resources to help students with the problems, such as videos and examples. These examples provide useful strategies and reasoning to guide a student when solving equations and other problems.

“I think that it’s really important that it’s rolled out in ways that work,” Murphy said.

Despite the mixed responses, Delta Math will be staying around.

“For right now, we are probably going to stick with Delta Math,” Murphy said.