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Forest Mannan – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
This article considers starting with an existing SIMIODE modeling scenario [Winkel, B. (2015). 1-031-CoolIt-ModelingScenario. SIMIODE (Version 2.0). "QUBES Educational Resources." https://doi.org/10.25334/3WG8-EC31] that develops Newton's law of cooling by considering data on the cooling of a beaker of water in a room, and expanding upon…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematical Models, Programming, Heat
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O'Donovan, Barbara; Geary, Krisan – PRIMUS, 2019
Income inequality is a central social justice concern, and hence excellent motivation for real-world applications in mathematics classrooms at every level. We describe the "Mathematics for Social Justice" course at Saint Michael's College, giving a specific example of one of the typical social justice projects for the course, and showing…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Undergraduate Study, Calculus
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Steve Cohen; Melanie Pivarski; Bárbara González-Arévalo – Science Education and Civic Engagement, 2017
In recent years advanced undergraduate students have developed projects for our redesigned Calculus II classes. Our student designers create new mathematics projects and present their work at conferences and in local talks. They are often mathematically early in their college careers, and so we can involve students of all levels in research…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Calculus, Student Projects, Undergraduate Students