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Hanusch, Sarah – PRIMUS, 2020
A summative portfolio is a project completed at the end of the semester that gives a student an opportunity to look at a course as a whole. This study investigates whether collegiate mathematics students gain a deeper understanding of course material through the portfolio project, via an analysis of the students' work, and a survey of students'…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Alternative Assessment, Portfolio Assessment, Summative Evaluation
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Axvig, Nathan; David, John; Falcetti, Alex – PRIMUS, 2015
The Applied and Industrial Mathematics program partners applied mathematics students with businesses, governments, laboratories, and agencies to solve real problems. We will discuss the logistics of the program and give advice on starting and running similar programs. We also give a detailed example of a specific project, namely our work with the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Undergraduate Study, College Mathematics, Problem Solving
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Tamulis, Andrius – PRIMUS, 2014
Albrecht Dürer is well known as a Renaissance artist, but his 1525 work, the "Underweysung der Messung," or "Manual on Measurement," also contains a significant amount of mathematics. This article outlines four projects inspired by parts of this work, with additional material coming from Staigmüller's 1891 "Dürer als…
Descriptors: Artists, Measurement, Mathematics, History
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Brown, David – PRIMUS, 2014
We describe a course that highlights mathematical experimentation as an introductory course for first year mathematics majors. We discuss the benefits of an experimental approach as an alternate pathway into the mathematics major. We also explain how this course serves as a gentle lead-in to later research experiences.
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Introductory Courses, College Mathematics, Majors (Students)
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McGuire, Linda – PRIMUS, 2013
This article will describe a project designed for use in a liberal arts mathematics course that satisfies an institutional quantitative reasoning requirement. Students, working in groups of four, are responsible for introducing and explaining new material to the rest of their class. Their "reporting" of mathematical information is…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Liberal Arts, College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction