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Direct linkEthan Berkove; Ben Galluzzo – PRIMUS, 2024
This curated collection covers a selection of PRIMUS articles published over a roughly 12-year period that focus on modeling and applications. The collection includes sections on individual projects, courses with a significant modeling component, and modeling and applications in extracurricular settings and throughout the curriculum.
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Undergraduate Study, Mathematical Models, Mathematical Applications
Yurasovskaya, Ekaterina – PRIMUS, 2021
Service-learning provides a versatile pedagogical platform that can improve the academic performance of participating students and open space for a discussion of issues of social justice within a mathematics classroom. We describe our Precalculus course with a service-learning component, in which university students regularly tutor algebra…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Social Justice
Wilkerson, Joshua B. – PRIMUS, 2021
This research explores the positive impact of service-learning on the disposition of students in mathematics. This was a qualitative case study of high school AP Statistics students who completed a service-learning project. Data were gathered from student interviews, reflection journals, and field observations. The framework for the analysis…
Descriptors: Service Learning, School Community Relationship, High School Students, Student Attitudes
Unfried, Alana; Canner, Judith – PRIMUS, 2019
Many students experience mathematics as a neutral entity, without understanding its impact on social justice and equity. Students must understand that mathematics and statistics are powerful tools for creating social change, and that students themselves are capable to enact positive social change through their mathematical abilities. In this…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Undergraduate Study, Social Justice
Sanft, Rebecca; Ziegler-Graham, Kathryn – PRIMUS, 2018
The Mathematics Practicum has been offered at St. Olaf College for over 30 years. The Practicum is a 4-week, January Interim course where three teams of five students work on consulting problems solicited from area businesses, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. These problems have significant mathematical, statistical, and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Practicums, Active Learning, Student Projects
Le, Phong – PRIMUS, 2020
Local community organizations with data and statistical needs provide beneficial authenticity and context in the classroom. Students can provide creative, broad perspectives to problems and issues relevant to those organizations. This paper describes characteristics of mutually beneficial relationships between classes and community partners.…
Descriptors: Statistics, Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Low Income Groups
Henrich, Allison; Sloughter, J. McLean; Anderson, Jeffrey; Bahuaud, Eric – PRIMUS, 2016
In this paper, we share the results of our recent study of a quantitative literacy course with a service-learning component. Our study aims to answer the question: How did student attitudes shift as a result of participating in this course? We present and analyze statistics from pre- and post-surveys in five classes (N = 78) taught by two…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Service Learning, Undergraduate Study
