UMAP Journal 35.4 Winter 2014 Edition
Table of Contents Publisher's Editorial An Anniversary Appreciation Articles The Stability of Boats, Triangular Confi…
The Stability of Boats, Triangular Configurations: The cos4 Rule
In Rublein [2015], we considered the stability of long boats with a square cross section. Here we study a long solid bo…
Data Analysis with Examples from Chemistry (UMAP)
This Module shows how methods for various analyses of data reduce to the calculation of a weighted mean to minimize a w…
UMAP Journal 36.1 Spring 2015 Edition
Table of Contents Editorial Where to Publish Article Modeling-Based Calculus with R/mosaic UMAP Module Calibration a…
Modeling - Based Calculus with R / mosaic
Introduction: Software for Calculus The choice of software for teaching calculus depends on several objectives and con…
Calibration and the Law of Mass Action (UMAP)
This Module shows how methods for various analyses of data reduce to the calculation of a weighted mean to minimize a w…
Evolution By Substitution : Amino Acid Changes Over Time (Student)
What is the BioMath Connection (BMC) Project? BMC was a pioneering project linking biology and mathematics in the high…
Imperfect Testing : Breast Cancer Case Study (Student)
What is the BioMath Connection (BMC) Project? BMC was a pioneering project linking biology and mathematics in the high…
Genetic Inversions : Relationships Among Species (Student)
What is the BioMath Connection (BMC) Project? BMC was a pioneering project linking biology and mathematics in the high…
Spider Silk : Examining Biological Sequences (Student)
What is the BioMath Connection (BMC) Project? BMC was a pioneering project linking biology and mathematics in the high…
Microarrays : Arrays of Hope (Student)
What is the BioMath Connection (BMC) Project? BMC was a pioneering project linking biology and mathematics in the high…
Habitat : An Organism's Environment (Student)
What is the BioMath Connection (BMC) Project? BMC was a pioneering project linking biology and mathematics in the high…
Mr. Markov Tours Candy Land
Introduction Candy Land TM is a classic children's board game marketed in 1945 by Milton Bradley, now owned by Hasbro…
The Binomial Option Pricing Model
Abstract We present a review of the binomial option pricing model introduced by Cox et al. [1979]. The material is sui…
Where Should You Study?
Introduction Where should you study? For a minimum of distractions, you should study in the library. But where in the…
Minimodule: Buying a House vs. Renting
Background In deciding where to live, people face the financial decision of whether to buy or rent. We analyze this qu…
Compartmental Pharmacokinetic Models (UMAP)
TARGET AUDIENCE: Students in a course in differential equations or in mathematical modeling. ABSTRACT: Pharmacokine…
Consortium 106, Spring/Summer 2014
Table of Contents: From the Editor's Desk: Want Modeling? Henry's Notes: A Maximazation Problem Math at Work: Toys…
A Maximazation Problem
COMAP has in recent years published two modeling situations that ultimately use the same mathematical problem:
Examining Relationships Between Secondary Mathematics Curricula and College Achievement and Course-Taking
Students learning mathematics in the United States can expect to find a variety of different types of mathematics textb…
Colorful Polynomial Explorations
Since the work of Appel and Haken in 1976, we have known that no map will require more than four colors if countries th…
Investment Choices
In this Pull-Out, students consider three types of investments: currency-based, non-productive assets, and productive a…
UMAP Journal 35.2 & 35.3 Summer / Fall 2014 Edition - The 2014 MCM / ICM Contest Edition
Table of Contents Publisher's Editorial Stirring the Pot-The Common Core and All That Editor's Note About This Issue…
Consortium 107, Fall/Winter 2014
Table of Contents: From the Publisher's Desk: Eye On the Ball Math at Work: Top Jobs In Search of Research: Mathemat…
Modeling with Matrices
This Pull-Out provides real-world settings that guide students through matrix addition and subtraction, and scalar and…
The Relationship Among Teacher Knowledge, Teacher Perceptions, and Student Achievement
It seems natural that teachers' knowledge should affect what students learn in mathematics classrooms. Indeed, research…
Mathematical Modeling Summer Programs
Although it feels as through at the last minute we were asked to put together a mathematical modeling summer program fo…
Statistical Modeling With SPSS - Chapter 1
PREFACE PHILOSOPHY Statistical Modeling with SPSS is the result of over twenty years of teaching Elementary and Interme…
Statistical Modeling With SPSS - Chapter 2
PREFACE PHILOSOPHY Statistical Modeling with SPSS is the result of over twenty years of teaching Elementary and Interme…
The Transition from Two Dimensions to Three Dimensions - Some Geometry of the Tetrahedron
Given three (straight) sticks, when can they be used to make a triangle? Given six (straight) sticks, when can they be…
Data Scientists Find Meaning in Numbers
When you think of a
hacker, do you think
of a young woman
who loves the outdoors and
fitness, who has worked wa…
Connecting Textbook Use to Student Achievement
It has become an accepted fact that teachers in the United States (Banilower et al., 2013) and other countries (e.g., H…
Polynomiography
Solving polynomial equations still plays a major role in the secondary mathematics curriculum. Over the years how one g…