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Writing projects for mathematics courses : crushed clowns, cars, and coffee to go / Annalisa Crannell [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crannell, Annalisa, author.
- Series:
- Classroom resource materials.
- Classroom resource materials
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Problems, exercises, etc.
- Mathematics.
- Word problems (Mathematics).
- Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (119 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Crushed clowns, cars, and coffee to go
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Mathematical Association of America, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Writing Projects for Mathematics Courses is a collection of writing projects suitable in a wide range of undergraduate mathematics courses, from a survey of mathematics to differential equations. The projects vary in their level of difficulty and in the mathematics that they require, but are similar in the mode of presentation and use of applications. Students see these problems as real in a way that textbooks problems are not, even though many of the characters involved (e.g., dime-store detectives and CEOs) are obviously fictional. The stories are sometimes fanciful and sometimes grounded in standard scientific applications, but the mere existence of the story draws the students in and makes the problem relevant. The book is the combined effort of four instructors who have used writing projects in their own courses. They provide an easy-to-use, widely applicable set of course materials that instructors can adopt and adapt to their own courses. An extensive set of class-tested projects is included along with: implementation notes which highlight student difficulties, information about project solutions, and advice for grading writing projects.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction and supporting information
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Motivation
- 1.3 Use and implementation of projects
- 1.4 Grading project solutions
- 2. Projects
- The case of the dough for the greenhouse
- The case of the new leaf
- The case of the dropped baton
- The case of the falling grapefruit
- The case of the lead poisoning
- The case of darlene's rose
- The case of the set-up cyclist
- The case of the crushed clown
- A bit of caustic rain
- A bit more caustic rain
- Profitable production
- The legality of the stock market
- An oily mess
- An illuminating project
- A question of law
- A little farming of sorts
- Defending freedom, or something like that
- A jump and a jerk
- Fire swamps and rodents and snakes (oh, my)
- Coffee to go
- A dorm room's a dorm room, no matter how small
- The broad side of the barn
- A question of carpeting
- The great escape
- I guess Leonardo Dicaprio was booked
- While visions of Emus danced in his head
- A matter of utmost gravity
- The X-Files makes me so angry
- The company picnic
- The restaurant
- The commute
- The raise
- The car
- The square meal deal
- Stuck in traffic in Chicago
- 3. Sample solutions
- 3.1. Solution paper and checklist
- 3.2 Solution paper and rubric
- 4. Additional sample checklists and rubrics
- 5. Index by course.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61444-113-8
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