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Bivens, Irl C., Ed. – College Mathematics Journal, 1991
Student research projects are open-ended questions or sets of questions intended to give undergraduate students experience doing introductory mathematical research. Proposed is an investigation of a Faro shuffle that is performed by cutting the deck exactly in half and then perfectly interleaving the cards of the two halves. (Author/JJK)
Descriptors: Activity Units, College Mathematics, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes
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Herman, Eugene A., Ed. – College Mathematics Journal, 1991
This review features new examples of using the computer relative to college-level mathematics to enhance pedagogy, solve problems, and model real-life situations. Included is a LOGO program that can be used to create and to stimulate subsequent investigations of spirolaterals, those figures generated by repeatedly drawing basic loops. (JJK)
Descriptors: Activity Units, College Mathematics, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews
Jurik, Richard A. – 1972
The study determined whether using outdoor experiences as a teaching medium increased the level of creative thought for sixth grade children. Four factors of creativity were measured: figural fluency, figural flexibility, figural originality, and figural elaboration. Two groups of sixth grade pupils, one experimental (with 30 children)and the…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Art Activities, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis