Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jayathi Raghavan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach; Hong Liu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach

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Mathematics

students mentioned above whose academic backgrounds aresignificantly different, 2) to customize a curriculum that will enable the students in dual major tocomplete the degree within one additional year without compromising the integrity of theprogram, and 3) to offer an innovative curriculum so as to attract students to this new degreeprogram under tight budget constraints. In this paper, we discuss how we plan to address some ofthe issues through the design of our unique undergraduate Computational Mathematicscurriculum. Page 15.160.2BackgroundFaculty at our institution has been active in research related to Computational Sciences for manyyears

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Brad Hunt, Norwood High School; Regina Lamendella, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Sara Garrison, Norwood City Schools; Andrea Burrows, The University of Cincinnati; Mike Borowczak, The University of Cincinnati; Anant Kukreti, The University of Cincinnati

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Mathematics

the effort to develop the post-test for the lesson. Awell-defined template is used by the Fellow to create the lesson, which can be disseminated onthe project’s website soon after its implementation. This template consists of the followingblocks: 1) Summary – goal to be achieved by students; 2) Objectives – skills to be acquired bystudents; 3) Standards to be addressed; and 4) Lesson Information – Grade Level, Subject Area,Duration, Setting, Materials Needed, Background Knowledge, Lesson Plan(s) details, andAdditional Resources (learning objects, timelines, assessment rubrics, surveys, etc.). Item 4includes detailed information provided via hotlinks. The Fellow submits the final lesson to theGrant Coordinator for checking and approval before

Conference Session

Computers and Software in Teaching Mathematics

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Cynthia Young, University of Central Florida; Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida; Tace Crouse, University of Central Florida; Alvaro Islas, University of Central Florida; Scott Hagen, University of Central Florida; Cherie Geiger, University of Central Florida; Melissa Dagley-Falls, University of Central Florida; Patricia Ramsey, University of Central Florida; Patrice Lancey, University of Central Florida

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Mathematics

)    Physics I   Figure 1: A pictorial illustration of the sequence of the common EXCEL courses taken by an EXCEL cohort.Calculus classes that are bold-faced are classes blocked for EXCEL students and taught by EXCEL faculty. Coursesthat are italicized are new courses that have been introduced by the EXCEL program and taught/supervised byEXCEL faculty  A pictorial that shows the sequence of EXCEL classes planned for an EXCEL cohort(starting in the fall of an academic year) is shown above, in Figure 1. The bold-facedmathematics courses are EXCEL only sections. Note that the EXCEL cohort is divided in twogroups. The group that is not Calculus ready and is placed in the Pre-Calculus Class for Fall, andthe group that is

Conference Session

Issues and Solutions in Mathematics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University; Hatice Ozturk, North Carolina State University; Alina Duca, NCSU

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Mathematics

AC 2010-214: BRIDGING MATHEMATICS CONCEPTS TO ENGINEERINGCONTEXTS: JUST-IN-TIME REVIEW MODULESDianne Raubenheimer, North Carolina State University Dr. C. Dianne Raubenheimer received her PhD from the University of Louisville and is Director of Assessment in the College or Engineering and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Adult and Higher Education at NC State University. Within the College of Engineering she serves as the coordinator of ABET and other accreditation processes, acts as a resource/consultant to faculty in the different programs, develops and implements assessment plans, and serves as the primary educational assessment/data analyst adviser on the Dean’s staff. A

Conference Session

Issues and Solutions in Mathematics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Andrew Grossfield, Vaughn College of Aeronautics

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Mathematics

in mathematics, firstly, as viewed by the mathematician, secondly, as needed by the engineer and, lastly, as presented to the student. He is a licensed New York State Professional Engineer and is a member of ASEE, MAA and IEEE. His email address is ai207@bfn.org. Page 15.1246.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 The Natural Structure of Algebra and CalculusPrefaceIn every well-planned course, only one thing is studied.In arithmetic, numbers are studied. After studying arithmetic, a student should know the variouskinds, forms, operations, properties of and relations between numbers. In the end

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

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Mathematics

based on the inter-correlations of the eleven items on the MAI). His estimate of reliability based on this methodyielded alpha = .77 which is lower than the range of .85 but is not alarmingly low given thebrevity of an 11 item scale like the MAI. We plan to modify the test by adding items andexplore the relationships between the items, to improve the reliability of the test.The next phase of test development is to write multiple choice versions of the questions andalternate forms of the exam. Distracters have been written by analyzing students’ responses tothe open ended questions on the pretest and posttest. We have also gathered information abouthow students responded to the questions through in depth interviews with 14 of the test

Conference Session

Students' Abilities and Attitudes

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Geoff Wright; Peter Rich, Brigham Young University; Keith Leatham, Brigham Young University

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Mathematics

teachers. The pre-serviceteachers supported the teacher in his effort to integrate the new curriculum into his existingcurriculum, and quickly learn the software and basics of programming. Involving the pre-servicetechnology and education majors had a secondary benefit, because it provided the pre-serviceteachers the opportunity to be involved in an actual real teaching environment where they werehelping develop curriculum, lesson plans, interacting with students, and so forth. During the pilottest the two classes were first given a mathematics pre-test that asked them questions aboutvariables, use of operators, functions, coordinates, and equations. The students were then taughtthe GUI (Graphical User Interface) of Flash, and by the second day of

Conference Session

Integrating Mathematics, Science, and Engineering

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Elton Graves, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

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Mathematics

to you. MA 336picks up where MA 222 leaves off with Fourier series. (Anybody who has passed MA 222(DEII) is well prepared for this course.) This is a very applied course. If you plan to take Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, orE-Mag Fields this is a good prerequisite course as we will derive and show you how to solvethe partial differential equations that you will use in these courses. In this course we will discuss the solution to the heat equation (how heat dissipates in abar), the wave equation (how strings and drum heads vibrate) and the potential equation." The enrollment in the spring of 2002 was twenty-two students. Gee, maybe it’s a goodthing to advertise. It’s one thing to advertise, but it is another to have a course that

Conference Session

Innovative Instructional Strategies and Curricula

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Schmeelk, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch; Jean Hodges, Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar Branch

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Mathematics

expected. During the fall, students convincedthe professor to alter the plan for their use by including the responses in the students’ journals.This resulted in a few responses being recorded in the journals but not reviewed by the professoruntil well after the class discussion, as well as in some students’ failure to complete theresponses at all. This experience emphasized the necessity of immediately collecting theseresponses after one minute of writing.During Spring Semester, one-minute papers were assigned in class about three times. As noted,these were the less mature students, and their responses were less helpful than anticipatedbecause they tended to give polite, vague responses. Also, the professor was unable to use thisstrategy as often