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Assessing Engineering Students’ Ability To Use The Mathematics They Have Learned

Conference Session
Students' Abilities and Attitudes
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Maria Terrell, Cornell University Math Dept.; Robert Terrell, Cornell University; Lisa Schneider, Cornell University
Tagged Divisions
Mathematics
AC 2010-770: ASSESSING ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO USE THEMATHEMATICS THEY HAVE LEARNEDMaria Terrell, Cornell University Math Dept.Robert Terrell, Cornell UniversityLisa Schneider, Cornell University Page 15.201.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Assessing Engineering Students’ Ability to Use the Mathematics They Have LearnedAbstractA Mathematics Applications Inventory (MAI) is being developed by engineering andmathematics faculty at Cornell University to assess students’ ability to apply the mathematicsthey learn in freshman calculus to engineering-related problems. This paper reports on threeaspects of this work
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Who Needs Another Applied Mathematics Course?

Conference Session
Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
John Heublein, Kansas State University, Salina; Kenneth Barnard, Kansas State University, Salina
Tagged Divisions
Mathematics
AC 2010-1846: WHO NEEDS ANOTHER APPLIED MATHEMATICS COURSE?John Heublein, Kansas State University, SalinaKenneth Barnard, Kansas State University, Salina Page 15.1373.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010  Who Needs Another Applied Mathematics Course?ABSTRACTAviation mathematics has been used for years and hence is not a new topic for discussion. In thedigital-age and with millennial students it is time to revisit the methods of pedagogy. Becausestudents have always had different learning styles this paper outlines an instructional approachthat addresses the declining mathematical skill level of the entering freshman students. Ourhypothesis states
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Technical Enrollments And Mathematical Pedagogy

Conference Session
Issues and Solutions in Mathematics Education
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Andrew Grossfield, Vaughn College of Aeronautics
Tagged Divisions
Mathematics
Engineering students see their signals (voltages and current functions oftime) on oscilloscopes. Civil and mechanical engineering students visualize in their minds,loading, shear and moment diagrams in order to predict deflections. Freebody diagrams areessential to the solution of statics problems. It is wrong to deny engineering students theadvantages of visualizing math functions in their math courses. But the Dirichlet function andthe other “monstrous” functions that scared the 19th century mathematicians cannot bevisualized. Limit the first course in calculus to the piece-wise continuous and monotonicfunctions that the engineering students need and are able to visualize. Let us concede it isunsound to teach everything all at once and let these
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Using Constructivist Teaching Strategies In Probability And Statistics

Conference Session
Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Kingsley Reeves, University of South Florida; Bill Blank, University of South Florida; Victor Hernandez-Gantes, University of South Florida; Maniphone Dickerson, University of South Florida
Tagged Divisions
Mathematics
AC 2010-1675: USING CONSTRUCTIVIST TEACHING STRATEGIES INPROBABILITY AND STATISTICSKingsley Reeves, University of South FloridaBill Blank, University of South FloridaVictor Hernandez-Gantes, University of South FloridaManiphone Dickerson, University of South Florida Page 15.1322.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Using Constructivist Teaching Strategies in Probability and StatisticsAbstractThis paper discusses the early results of an NSF EEC project that focuses on the impact of usingconstructivist approaches to teaching probability and statistics for engineers. Twelve exerciseswere developed and used in a modified version of the course to promote student
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A Triple Play: Mathematics, Baseball, And Storytelling

Conference Session
Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Robert Homolka, Kansas State University, Salina; Greg Stephens, Kansas State University, Salina
Tagged Divisions
Mathematics
. http://hti.math.uh.edu/curriculum/units/2008/04/08.04.04.pdf20 Lord, Mary. Up Close: No Mind Left Behind. An engineer seeks to inspire a new generation. PRISM Magazine, ASEE. March 2010. P25.21 Thompson, Denise R, University of South Florida, Senk, Sharon I. Michigan State University. The Effects of Curriculum on Achievement in Second-Year Algebra: The example of the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project. Journal for Research and Mathematics Education. 2001, Vol. 32, No. 1, 58-84.22 Heuvel, Cor van den, Tamura, Namae. Baseball Haiku W. W. Norton & Company. p 723 Aboufadel, Edward. A Mathematician Catches a Baseball , The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 103, No. 10 (Dec., 1996), pp. 870-878
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