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Download full textMcLoughlin, M. Padraig M. M. – Online Submission, 2009
A course in the Calculus sequence is arguably the most difficult course in which inquiry-based learning (IBL) can be achieved with any degree of success within the curriculum in part due to: (1) the plethora of majors taking Calculus to which the sequence relates to their majors in what is considered an "applied" manner; and (2) the…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Majors (Students), Inquiry, Active Learning
McLoughlin, M. Padraig M. M. – Online Submission, 2008
The author of this paper submits the thesis that learning requires doing; only through inquiry is learning achieved, and hence this paper proposes a programme of use of a modified Moore method in a Probability and Mathematical Statistics (PAMS) course sequence to teach students PAMS. Furthermore, the author of this paper opines that set theory…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Inquiry, Active Learning, Logical Thinking
