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Direct linkDeka, Lipika; Shereen, Peri; Wand, Jeffrey – PRIMUS, 2023
Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) were originally developed by biologists to answer the call for undergraduate curriculum reform and expose more students to authentic research experiences [Wei and Woodin. 2011. Undergraduate research experiences in biology: Alternatives to the apprenticeship model. "CBE Life Sciences…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Mathematics Education, Models
White, David – PRIMUS, 2019
In an increasingly data-driven world, facility with statistics is more important than ever for our students. At institutions without a statistician, it often falls to the mathematics faculty to teach statistics courses. This paper presents a model that a mathematician asked to teach statistics can follow. This model entails connecting with faculty…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Student Projects, Teaching Methods
Karaali, Gizem; Khadjavi, Lily S. – PRIMUS, 2019
We provide context and motivation for an instructor to use real-life examples in the calculus classroom. To this end we describe two specific project ideas, one related to the devastating impact of methylmercury fungicide in a grain seed supply and the other to a catastrophic methane leak. By using calculus in contexts that have social justice…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Social Justice, Interdisciplinary Approach
Dewar, Jacqueline; Larson, Suzanne; Zachariah, Thomas – PRIMUS, 2011
We describe our approach to incorporating a civic engagement component into a quantitative literacy (QL) course and the resulting gains in student learning, confidence, and awareness of local civic issues. We revised the existing QL course by including semester-long group projects involving local community issues that students could investigate…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Algebra, Citizenship Education, Group Activities
Maggelakis, Sophia; Lutzer, Carl – PRIMUS, 2007
We provide an overview of the Calculus Pilot Project that was undertaken by the Rochester Institute of Technology in the 2001 and 2002 academic years. A brief discussion of demographics is followed by a description of three specific steps that, in concert, increased student success rates by over 16%. (Contains 3 tables and 5 figures.)
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Mathematics Achievement, Calculus, Success
Laverty, Rich; Povich, Timothy; Williams, Tasha – PRIMUS, 2005
Near the conclusion of their final term in the calculus sequence at The United States Military Academy, cadets are given a week long group project. At the end of the week, the project is briefed to their instructors, classmates, and superior officers. From a teaching perspective, the goal is to encapsulate as much of the course as possible in one…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Calculus, College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
