Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Susan E. Shadle Ph.D., Boise State University

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Mathematics

, andpromotes exploration of new teaching strategies.7-13The Center for Teaching and Learning at Boise State University has had an FLC program since2007. With the 2010 STEP grant funding, one STEM-focused FLC was launched in the 2010-2011 academic year. The next two, held in 2012-13 and in 2013-14 were focused on calculusonly, as a result of intense interest by math faculty. The first calculus-focused FLC was differentthan other FLCs that had been supported and differed from FLCs described in the literature inimportant ways. Because it involved faculty from a single discipline focused on a single course,the line between individual course-based teaching projects and a collective effort to improve amulti-section course was blurred. This is reflected in

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science and Engineering

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gregg Janowski, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Melinda Lalor, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Hassan Moore, University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Mathematics

engineering curriculum. All expressed awillingness to continue to add required tools to the students’ mathematical toolbox if needed intheir specific curricula. If the proposed list of topics proved to be ambitious for the course,engineering faculty members were willing to cover some of the topics in subsequent requiredengineering classes. They felt strongly that the educational benefits provided by this course, asoutlined in the learning outcomes, discussed below, far outweighed the benefits of exposure to afew additional topics. This focus on deep understanding and application of concepts emphasizedthe important role pedagogy must play in the success of the new course. Therefore, theinstructional approach developed for the course was just as

Conference Session

Integrating Math, Science, and Engineering

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hassan Moore, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Gregg Janowski, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Melinda Lalor, University of Alabama, Birmingham

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Mathematics

shifts of focus –from core mathematics toward applications and toward interdisciplinary work with the naturaland social sciences, from academic to industrial and laboratory settings, from individual self-directed work to collaborative and multidisciplinary effort, from technical communication withco-specialists to translational communication across disciplinary and cultural boundaries.” Many faculty members within the School of Engineering at the university were concerned withthe severe lack of critical understanding of rudimentary concepts in calculus and differentialequations. Students’ basic mechanics were generally strong since students were verycomfortable with equations once they took on the recognizable form shown in their earliercourses

Conference Session

Issues and Solutions in Mathematics Education

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gisela Gomes, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie; Janete Bolite Frant, Universidade Bandeirante; Arthur Powell, Rutgers University

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Mathematics

, New Jersey, and Faculty Research Scientist and Associate Director of the Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning of the Graduate School of Education in New Brunswick. Page 15.647.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 How and What Mathematical Content is Taught and Used by Engineering Students in their Final Course Project?AbstractThe purpose of this research was to investigate the transition from academic mathematicsto real-life, engineering situations. In particular, through a case study, we investigatewhat mathematics content Brazilian undergraduate engineering students at privateuniversity use

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 15.1191.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2010 Technical Enrollments and Mathematical PedagogyProblemsIn order to make critical decisions about issues such as global warming, health care andpollution, everyone must understand obvious functional relationships. Issues of functionaldependence, continuity, rate of increase

Conference Session

Issues and Answers in Mathematics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paul Chanley, North Essex Community College; Michael E. Pelletier, Northern Essex Community College; Linda A. Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College; Lori Heymans, Northern Essex Community College

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Mathematics

juggle jobs and family obligations in addition to theireducational pursuits. Students at four-year institutions generally live on or near campus, havemore free time and don’t usually have demanding work or family concerns, all of which makesscheduling SI sessions much easier. In addition, four-year schools often have extra classroomspace or other facilities where students can meet regularly. Therefore, a different model neededto be created if SI was to be successful at the two year campus.The idea of implementing SI was discussed with the college’s administration. They were excitedabout the concept and encouraged the authors to develop a plan to offer a SI section specificallydesigned for NECC. The key components to the plan developed during the

Conference Session

Issues and Answers in Mathematics Education

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amelito G. Enriquez, Canada College

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Mathematics

inthe semester (74.5% and 50.5%, respectively). The third column of Table 7 shows that despitehaving already skipped at least one math class, the MJ students who advanced significantlyoutperformed all the math students in the semester, with much higher retention rate (84.2%versus 74.5%), and success rate (68.4% versus 50.5%). This is a significant result thataddresses some initial concern among math faculty that skipping a math course might result instudents being less prepared to be successful in the more advanced math course. MJ Students who MJ Students who All Math All MJ Students Advanced did not

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Zeynep Akcay Ozkan, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College; Dona Boccio, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College ; Dugwon Seo, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College ; Sirin Budak, Univeristy of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

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Mathematics

Mathematics from New York University - Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. She has taught mathematics at Queensborough Community College since 1980. Dr. Boccio was a recipient of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) Teaching Excellence Award in 2017. She also received the 2005 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Mathematics Education from the New York State Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges (NYS- MATYC). She was a Faculty Fellow in the 1998 and 2001 NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Programs, the 2002 NASA Faculty Fellowship Program, and then spent a sabbatical year at NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center. Her research included tracking orbital debris and modeling

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1: Best Practices in Engineering Math Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Charles Lam, California State University, Bakersfield; Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield; Ronald Hughes, California State University, Bakersfield

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Mathematics

grant-supported sections under semesters were less than or equal to the baseline. The average GPAat CSUB also decreased in Fall 2016, which suggests that students were primarily strugglingwith the semester conversion rather than facing any specific issues in the grant-supportedmathematics courses.In summary, multiple administrative challenges led to changes in both the schedule of co-teaching sections and the approach to verifying modules. Most of these administrativechallenges were related to staffing issues. While the grant had sufficient funding to supportthe program through faculty release time, it did not contain funding to hire new facultymembers. CSUB faced a large growth in STEM enrollments during the grant period, whichput increasing

Conference Session

Bridging and Freshman Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Wendy James, Oklahoma State University; Karen High, Oklahoma State University

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Mathematics

thefoundation and life-blood of engineering. While engineering faculty view it as one of theessential tools for doing engineering, it is also one of the confounding variables tripping studentsin their learning of engineering. Engineering faculty are often able to perceive the problems withalgebra, trigonometry and calculus in their students’ coursework. Students learn mathematics in courses during high school and college. Mathematicscourses at the high school level concern themselves with the subjects of algebra, geometry,trigonometry, and calculus. Freshman-level mathematics courses at the university level concernthemselves with three of the same topics: algebra, trigonometry, and calculus; however,occasionally, universities will choose to

Conference Session

Approaches to Mathematics Curriculum to Include Projects and Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jeffrey Lloyd Hieb, University of Louisville; Patricia A Ralston, University of Louisville

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Mathematics

was Thomas’ Calculus, 11th edition. Student response was generallypositive as was the faculty experience, and the department decided to adopt MyMathLab in allthree courses: Engineering Analysis I, II and III.Use of MyMathLab has gradually increased over the course of several years, beginning with allsections of Engineering Analysis I, II and III using MyMathLab for some of the assignedhomework problems in each unit. Not all desired problems were available in MyMathLab, andfor this reason, the initial adoption of MyMathLab, which started in the spring of 2011, moved50%-75% of the assigned homework problems from written assignments to MyMathLabassignments to be completed and graded on-line. To address the issue of missing problems, twofaculty

Conference Session

Students' Abilities and Attitudes

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristi J Shryock, Texas A&M University; arun r srinivasa, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University; Jefferey E. Froyd, Texas A&M University

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Mathematics

paragraph may have contributed to the motivationfor the Neal Report6, which emphasized the need for postsecondary institutions to reformundergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. In a recentstudy by the Mathematics Association of America (MAA), mathematicians, who led the study,brought together groups of engineering and computer faculty members as well as otherdownstream consumers, students who took mathematics courses, to explore the evolution or insome cases lack thereof of new instructional practices7. Summarizing conversations of thedifferent disciplinary faculty, Ganter and Barker7 reported concerns about the mathematicspreparation of undergraduate students for their disciplinary courses.Stimulated by the

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amitabha Ghosh, Rochester Institute of Technology (COE)

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Diversity

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Mathematics

connections to velocitycomponents.Recommendations for ESCC faculty1. Search which course or courses may reinforce mathematical concepts.2. Open a faculty dialog in the program to see if other faculty members teaching elective coursesmay be willing to participate in the reinforcement process. Emphasize that without thereinforcement, the topics would be lost soon.3. Monitor performance improvements and learning willingness in students (see appendix).4. If necessary adjust course grades when students are willing to improve themselves. Re-gradingrequires a willful participation of students to relearn from the distributed resources.The above process also prepares better future faculty members.“Rarely, if ever, do we concern ourselves with the process of

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

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Luke A. Duncan, Clemson University; Karen A. High, Clemson University; D. Matthew Boyer, Clemson University; Liz McKinley, Clemson University

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Mathematics

to capture stories which provide insightinto the nature of the disruption. Instructor interviews served mostly to characterize the climateof the class, but instructors did share with us their struggles and concerns which provided morebreadth to the topics discussed in student interviews.Factors we explored in the pilot data include: the types of resources students and faculty go to,why they choose these resources, what aspects of these resources are helpful, and how theyacquired these resources. Other areas of our investigation were: the nature of the rapid,unplanned transition to online learning, how faculty and other instructional designers who werepreviously inexperienced with online learning have been supported, and how their lack

Conference Session

First-Year Programs Division - Visualization and Mathematics

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt P.E., Lafayette College; Mary Roth P.E., Lafayette College

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First-Year Programs, Mathematics

of Engineering, and Associate Provost for Academic Operations in addition to multiple faculty committee assignments. She has led campus-wide accreditation and assessment initiatives, implemented new faculty orientation programs, collaborated on the development of multiple proposals to private foun- dations, and coordinated interdisciplinary academic programs. She has received a number of awards in recognition of her scholarship and teaching including a Fulbright Scholarship in Norway, an American Council of Education Fellowship, and multiple teaching awards. Dr. Roth is a member of ASCE, ASFE, and ASEE. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi and is a licensed engineer in the states of Maine and

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela Minichiello, Utah State University; Ted Campbell, Utah State University; Jim Dorward, Utah State University; Sherry Marx, Utah State University

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Mathematics

et al.15 found that the SER instructional literature preferences instructionalchange conducted by individual faculty members in a prescribed manner: In the SER community, the dominant approach to change is that of development and dissemination…. Conducting education research and developing new curricular materials requires considerable time and expertise that STEM faculty typically do not possess. Therefore the development task is delegated to a small number of individuals and the ‘finished products’ are given to other faculty for implementation. The assumption is that the faculty will be convinced to use these new instructional materials and strategies once they are shown data demonstrating

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Rebecca Machen, University of Colorado Boulder; Wysheka Austin, Clemson University; Matthew K. Voigt, Clemson University

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Diversity

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Mathematics

belonging inmathematics classrooms? The PLC was part of a larger NSF-funded project entitled Student Engagement inMathematics through an Institutional Network for Active Learning (SEMINAL). The project is a5-year initiative examining departmental change efforts to infuse active learning teachingstrategies into precalculus and calculus courses. During the outset of this project, it becameapparent that although departments were concerned with issues of equity and inclusion, mostdepartment members communicated that they needed additional support engaging with thesetopics. As such, we developed a professional learning community (PLC) and invited instructorsfrom nine universities to participate in a year-long series exploring issues of equity

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

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Mathematics

simple calculations offractions without the use of a calculator. Students had difficulty manipulating simple algebraicformulas. The third faculty member rated the mathematics skills of his students at an eight butqualified the rating by stating not much mathematics is used in the course. All four respondentsexpressed a concern about a lack of student preparation for class and study skills.Professor Heublein administered a different survey to the student pilot instructors. (Attachment#2 and results) The return was low with three of twelve returned. These instructors noted thestudents were lacking in arithmetic skills in division and decimals.Professor Heublein administered a survey to his plane trigonometry class via KSU-Online inconjunction with

Conference Session

Project and Model-Based Mathematics

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Dennis Berkey, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Bogdan Vernescu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Mathematics

cost savings, important for acompany’s competitive edge.Survey data from the CBMS 2000 report13 concerning four-year college and universityundergraduate mathematics programs describe troublesome findings: since 1995 the number ofmathematics bachelor’s degrees has dropped by about 14%. And the numbers are more dramaticif we compare them with those of 30 years ago. In today's ever more challenging environment, itis necessary to find new ways to attract students to mathematics. There is a need to prepare themto become successful professionals in a society that is very much different from the one 30 yearsago. Page 12.67.2Applications can provide

Conference Session

Changing the Classroom Environment in Mathematics Education

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Talbert, Grand Valley State University

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Mathematics

viewcontent at times, in quantities, and in locations of their choosing. By recording instructor lecturesto video and putting them online for student access, this issue is directly addressed by theinverted classroom. Page 24.1233.3Third, traditional classrooms do not typically provide explicit instruction on skills students needfor lifelong learning. Those skills include the ability to identify when one’s personal knowledgeruns short and when to seek out more information, the ability to comprehend new informationindependently when it is sought out, and the ability to monitor one’s own progression through theprocess of learning new content. These

Conference Session

Approaches to Mathematics Curriculum to Include Projects and Technologies

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Charles C.Y. Lam, California State University, Bakersfield; Melissa Danforth, California State University, Bakersfield; Ronald Hughes, CSUB STEM Affinity Group

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Mathematics

Paper ID #9418A Comprehensive Approach on Delivering Calculus to Engineering StudentsDr. Charles C.Y. Lam, California State University, Bakersfield Dr. Charles C.Y. Lam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics. Dr. Lam received his Ph.D. in Combinatorics and Optimization from the University of Waterloo. His research areas are in cryptography, digital watermarking, and combinatorics. He has mentored various undergraduate student researchers as a faculty mentor for the LSAMP and McNair Scholars Program. He has extensive experi- ence in undergraduate curriculum, research, and mentoring. Dr. Lam is

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 4

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Eliza Gallagher, Clemson University; Lisa Benson, Clemson University; Geoff Potvin, Florida International University

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Mathematics

courses is akey factor in attrition rates for STEM majors 10 , the teaching preparation of mathematics graduatestudents is a critical issue for improving pathways to success for undergraduate STEMmajors.There have been many laudable programs aimed at improving the professional preparation ofgraduate students and new faculty members, particularly in the STEM disciplines 3,15,17,18 . ThePreparing Future Faculty Initiative by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) funded multipleprograms with this goal. One outcome of those pilot programs was a specific call for changes inthe preparation of future mathematics and science faculty 24 . More recently, the CGS initiativetook on the narrower focus of preparing future faculty across multiple disciplines to

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Campbell R Bego P.E., University of Louisville; Patricia A. Ralston, University of Louisville; Angela Thompson P.E., University of Louisville; Adrienne Parsons, University of Louisville; Gale J. Crush, University of Louisville, Speed Scientific School

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Mathematics

similar teaching styles.In Fall 2016, during the first stages of the re-design, two junior faculty members were added, and everyone waslearning and sharing experiences. All four were in general agreement about all class activities and assessments (thathad not been modified), however, were adjusting to the changed format as well as building the class activities onlya few days ahead. There was not much time for reflection during the semester.In Fall 2017, a junior faculty member replaced one of the original instructors on the DE team. In the summer of2017, the three junior faculty members attended a 2-day institute on active learning. The institute challenged themto explore new learning spaces and to strive for more student-student collaboration

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Shirley B. Pomeranz, The University of Tulsa; Peyton James Cook Ph.D., The University of Tulsa

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Mathematics

averaged about 50 students each. The class sizesin the calculus sequence generally have been increasing in recent years. This is due to anincrease in the number of students in the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences requiringcalculus courses, without corresponding funding to hire new mathematics faculty members.Further, when new faculty have been hired, the emphasis is on research productivity (althoughgood teaching ability is also required). Therefore, new hires do not significantly affect the classsizes of the calculus courses. Spring Fall Figure 2. Bar Plot for

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Rajendran Swamidurai, Alabama State University; Cadavious M. Jones, Alabama State University ; Carl Pettis, Alabama State University ; Uma Kannan, Alabama State University

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Diversity

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Mathematics

in 2017. She specialized in Cybersecurity, particularly on the prediction and modelling of insidious cyber-attack patterns on host network layers. She also actively involved in core computing courses teaching and project development since 1992 in universities and companies. c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 Big Data Analytics: with an infusion of statistics for the modern student1. IntroductionRecent technological advancements in various fields such as e-commerce, smart phones, andsocial media generate huge volumes of data on a scale never seen before [1]. New data aregenerated every second. For example, every second on average 40,000 search queries areperformed on Google; 520,834

Conference Session

Bridging the Gap and Freshman Programs

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology; Marion Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology; Thomas Morley, Georgia Institute of Technology; Rick Clark, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Mathematics

equipment over the summer, often without much thought to the distanceapplications since they are not taught locally. Therefore, a new round of problem solving isoften required each fall semester after renovations take place. Good communication andassistance for identifying these impacts between all parties is crucial for a sustainablepartnership.Relations with High SchoolsThere has been some concerns expressed by teachers at the local high schools about being“replaced”; that is, that instruction may come from outside the school for subjects that they arecapable of teaching. Some of these schools understandably pride themselves in havingsuccessfully built up advanced mathematics and science programs, and are not anxious tooutsource to the local

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert G. Batson P.E., University of Alabama

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Diversity

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Mathematics

 Quality Control Methods  Special Topics: Time Series Forecasting, Monte Carlo Simulation, OthersFor the past 30 years there have been articles in the statistics and engineering education literatureabout what to teach (topics, emphasis) and how to teach it to undergraduate engineers. See, forexample, in chronological order--Hogg [3], Joiner [4], Godfrey [5], Bisgaard [1], and Wilson [2].Most current engineering faculty members were undergrads in 1970-2010 and graduate students1975-2015. We argue below that the way many of us learned probability and statistics, even asgraduate students, does not support engagement and appeal to millennial students.The purpose of this paper is to recommend adapting new pedagogical methods to the acceptedtopics

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Mathematics in the First Year

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Amie Baisley, Utah State University; V. Dean Adams, Utah State University

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First-Year Programs, Mathematics

typically take and how changes in those courses can impact student learning and retention.Prof. V. Dean Adams, Utah State University c American Society for Engineering Education, 2019 The Effects of Calculus I on Engineering Student PersistenceAbstractThe number of students that start in engineering and persist to graduation with an engineeringdegree is continually declining with the attrition rate currently around 50%. This concern withengineering student retention has pointed to many issues including the early math requirements,specifically, Calculus I. Calculus I has often been referred to as a “bottle-neck” course for anyengineering degree program, which implies that if a student can successfully

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3: Diversity in Mathematics Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Kathleen Marie Fick, Methodist University; Denise H. Bauer, Methodist University

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Mathematics

contact hours and active learning strategies will require buy-in from allthose involved.Transition to New StructureMeasures we could employ to assist in making this transition would include: 1) initiate a bi-weekly or monthly (at the minimum) informal interdepartmental pedagogy and best practicessharing session, 2) employ the current SI – Supplemental Instructor tutoring service to the MAT1125 and MAT 1130 courses, and 3) encourage fellow faculty to take advantage of the TLC –Teaching and Learning Center workshops provided through our institution. SI – SupplementalInstructor tutoring is currently being used in the introductory level mathematics courses. SI is atutoring program where a current student, who can provide tutoring in the topic area