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Innovative approaches to undergraduate mathematics courses beyond calculus / Richard J. Maher, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- MAA notes ; no. 67.
- MAA notes ; #67
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Study and teaching (Higher).
- Mathematics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 173 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Mathematical Association of America, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book describes innovative approaches that have been used successfully by a variety of instructors in the undergraduate mathematics courses that follow calculus. These approaches are designed to make upper division mathematics courses more interesting, more attractive, and more beneficial to our students. The authors of the articles in this volume show how this can be done while still teaching mathematics courses. These approaches range from various classroom techniques to novel presentations of material to discussing topics not normally encountered in the typical mathematics curriculum.
- Contents:
- Using writing and speaking to enhance mathematics courses / Nadine Myers
- Enhancing the curriculum using reading, writing, and creative projects / Agnes Rash
- How to develop an ILAP / Michael Huber and Joseph Myers
- The role of the history of mathematics in courses beyond calculus / Herbert Kasube
- A proofs course that addresses student transition to advanced applied mathematics courses / Michael Jones and Arup Mukherjee.
- Wrestling with finite groups; abstract algebra need not be a passive sport / Jason Douma
- Making the epsilons matter / Stephen Abbott
- Innovative possibilities for undergraduate topology / Samuel Smith
- A project-based geometry course / Jeff Connor and Barbara Grove
- Discovering abstract algebra: a constructivist approach to module theory / Jill Dietz
- The importance of projects in applied statistics courses / Timothy O'Brien
- Mathematical biology taught to a mixed audience at the sophomore level / Janet Andersen
- A geometric approach to voting theory for mathematics majors / Tommy Ratliff
- Integrating combinatorics, geometry, and probability through the Shapley-Shubik Power Index / Matthew Haines and Michael Jones
- An innovative approach to post-calculus classical applied math / Robert Lopez.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
- ISBN:
- 1-61444-304-1
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