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Kalman, Dan – PRIMUS, 2023
In the precalculus curriculum, logistic growth generally appears in either a discrete or continuous setting. These actually feature distinct versions of logistic growth, and textbooks rarely provide exposure to both. In this paper, we show how each approach can be improved by incorporating an aspect of the other, based on a little known synthesis…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Calculus, Teaching Methods, Mathematical Models
Robert J. Fisher – Chemical Engineering Education, 2025
Strategies are proposed that promote use of an Integrated Applied Mathematics (IAM) approach to enhance teaching of advanced problem-solving and analysis skills. Three scenarios of 1-dimensional transport processes are presented that support using Error Function analyses when considering short time/small penetration depths in finite geometries.…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Mathematics, Problem Solving, Skill Development
Kathryn Early; Amiee Sanders; W. Gary Martin – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2025
Vectors have important applications both within and outside mathematics, but the concept of vectors is often taught to students in a less-than-engaging way, leading to students feeling inadequate and frustrated. This article describes the use of a mathematical microworld, "Driving with Vectors," to explore vectors using equitable…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Geometric Concepts, Algebra
Edwards, Thomas; Özgün-Koca, S. Asli; Chelst, Kenneth – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2021
In this article, the authors share activities designed to help students make a connection between the complex roots of X[superscript 2] - 2x + 5 = 0 and the graph of y = X[superscript 2] - 2x + 5. We piloted these activities in three precalculus classes. The activities involved both concrete and technological representations of the mathematical…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Graphs, Computer Software
Minkin, Leonid; Whiting, Percy – Physics Teacher, 2019
The motion of a bead along a path restricted to straight lines (restricted brachistochrone), sliding without friction from rest and accelerated by gravity, is considered. For two shapes of path, the geometry of the route optimized to provide the least travel time from one point to another is obtained. The bead's travel times, path lengths, and…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Motion, Scientific Concepts
Lenfestey, Mark – Physics Teacher, 2019
Students often find the study of electrostatics to be abstract, heavily mathematical, and non-intuitive. This paper describes an inquiry-based approach to teaching electrostatics in an introductory calculus-based physics class that emphasizes the primacy of student conceptual understanding.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Calculus
Atkin, Keith – Physics Education, 2018
This paper examines the Torricelli law for the flow of liquid from a small drain hole in a container. It shows how the system can be modelled using either a traditional calculus-based approach or a non-calculus step-wise computer method appropriate to the background of the student group. An experiment to measure the head of out-flowing liquid as a…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Computer Software, Scientific Principles
Madden, Sean; Hume, Olli; Booton, Jacqueline – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2021
Mathematics and technology serve the health sciences as demonstrated in this article, cowritten by one of our calculus students. Creating a lesson based on dosing an antibiotic allows teachers and students to see the immediate value of high school calculus and technology.
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Calculus
Amato, Joseph – Physics Teacher, 2018
North Korea's development of nuclear weapons and, more recently, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) has added a grave threat to world order. The threat presented by these weapons depends critically on missile range, i.e., the ability to reach North America or Europe while carrying a nuclear warhead. Using the limited information available…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Weapons, Mathematical Concepts, Scientific Concepts
Teuscher, Dawn; Palsky, Kylie; Palfreyman, Charlie Y. – Mathematics Teacher, 2018
The goal of this article is to raise questions that will promote discussions among secondary mathematics teachers about the concept of inverse functions and how to motivate a more conceptual understanding of them in their classrooms. The authors share data to answer the following questions: (1) What meanings of inverse functions do high school…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematical Concepts, Teaching Methods
Nabb, Keith; Hofacker, Erick B.; Ernie, Kathryn T.; Ahrendt, Susan – Mathematics Teacher, 2018
This article highlights three of the eight Mathematics Teaching Practices (MTP) published in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM's) "Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All" (2014): (1) facilitating meaningful mathematical discourse (MTP 4); (2) posing purposeful questions (MTP 5); and (3)…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Calculus
Adams, Caleb L. – Mathematics Teacher, 2018
Polynomials with rational roots and extrema may be difficult to create. Although techniques for solving cubic polynomials exist, students struggle with solutions that are in a complicated format. Presented in this article is a way instructors may wish to introduce the topics of roots and critical numbers of polynomial functions in calculus. In a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Calculus, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation
Rohde Poole, S. B. – PRIMUS, 2022
This paper is written to provide ideas and guide faculty who want to design a mathematical modeling course for undergraduate mathematics majors and minors. We discuss course goals, assignments, and projects that can be used to help students gain experience relevant for careers and mathematical modeling opportunities. The authors designed this…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mathematics Instruction, Majors (Students), Mathematical Models
Lommatsch, Christina W. – Mathematics Teacher, 2017
"Find the extreme values of the function." "At what rate is the distance between A and B increasing after 12 seconds?" Prompts like these can be heard in most first-semester calculus courses. Unfortunately, these cues also tend to prompt students' eyes to glaze over with thoughts of "When will I ever use this?" This…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Calculus, Relevance (Education), Career Choice
Davis, Anna A.; Joswick, Candace – Mathematics Teacher, 2018
The correct use of visual perspective is one of the main reasons that virtual reality environments and realistic works of art look lifelike. Geometric construction techniques used by artists to achieve an accurate perspective effect were developed during the Renaissance. With the rise of computer graphics, translating the geometric ideas of 600…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods