Dynamic College Algebra : Chapter 8 : Trigonometric Functions (Student/Teacher)
Dynamic College Algebra Dynamic College Algebra uses a modeling approach built around applications from technical fiel…
UMAP Journal 35.1 Spring 2014 Edition
Table of Contents Guest Editorial The Geology of Mathematics Articles Mr. Markov Tours Candy Land The Binomial Opti…
The Farmer Problem
The following "Farmer Problem" appeared in Shine [2006]: A million farmers are randomly scattered on a square, flat pla…
Minimodule: A Suspended Camera Control System
Introduction We design a system for a suspended mobile camera to be used in sports stadiums. Our system consists of a…
Civic Engagement via Differential Equations
Introduction "What are some problems facing the world today?" This provocative question has become the standard openin…
Consortium 104, Spring/Summer 2013
Table of Contents: From the Publisher's Desk: A Free Consortium and Other News Geometer's Corner: Iterating Linear F…
Iteration Linear Functions
When we introduce linear equations in our algebra courses we often introduce them in different forms. Three of the mos…
Estimating Temperatures and Where it Gets You
One of the joys of creating a mathematical model for a real-world situation is that you can never be sure what mathemat…
Knowledge and Practices Needed for Teaching Algebra
Teaching matters, but understanding the nature of the knowledge that highly effective mathematics teachers possess has…
A Mathematical Excursion into Neuroscience
The Student and
the Scientist
College student
Yumeng Fang has
some questions. • How can you choose a small
p…
Rate Paradoxes
The focus of this Pull-Out is on computing rates and average rates. Calculations involving rates can often be counterin…
UMAP Journal 34.1 Spring 2013 Edition
Table of Contents Editorial A New Department: Model Reality Check Articles The CWS Model of Alzheimer's Disease Spor…
The CWS Model of Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer Disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and the sixth leading cause of death in America. Currently t…
Sports Ranking and Twitter
The quickest way to spread information on a social network would be for someone of great "importance" to broadcast it…
Raindrops : Models and Reality
Model Reality Check Its articles will emphasize the oft-neglected modeling step of returning the model to the world of…
Tomography
Tomography: Where Mathematics, Biology, and Technology Come Together To Solve Problems in Many Areas This Module provi…
UMAP Journal 34.2 & 34.3 Summer / Fall 2013 Edition - The 2013 MCM / ICM Contest Edition
Table of Contents Guest Editorial Developing Interdisciplinary Problem Solving Editor's Note About This Issue MCM Mo…
The International Journal for the History of Mathematics Education Volume 1 Number 1, 2006
Table of Contents Editorial Gert Schubring Research Papers Competing Arguments for the Geometry Course: Why Were Amer…
The International Journal for the History of Mathematics Education Volume 2 Number 1, 2007
Table of Contents Research Papers Quarrels of a Marriage of Convenience: On the History of Mathematics Education for E…
The International Journal for the History of Mathematics Education Volume 2 Number 2, 2007
Table of Contents Editorial Gert Schubring Research Papers The Numbers One and Zero in Northern European Textbooks Kr…
Consortium 105, Fall/Winter 2013
Table of Contents: From the Editor's Desk: Way To Go! Math Today: The Transition from Two Dimensions to Three Dimensi…
Table the Discussion
The focus of this Pull-Out is on analyzing survey data using two-way tables. In the first activity, students learn to s…
Spirograph Patterns of Star Clusters (UMAP)
We develop and analyze a model describing the spirographic motion of a young star within its birthplace, an embedded cl…
Determining the Size and Shape of the Earth (UMAP)
There is a long history of attempts to measure the size and shape of the Earth. During the 17th century, theoretical wo…
Calculus and DNA
Introduction I joke that I'm the only one in our Mathematical Biology seminar who was born before we had DNA. A lot of…
Consortium 102, Spring/Summer 2012
Table of Contents: From the Editor's Desk: News From Comap In Search of Research: Shed New Light on Student Thinking…
Imagining , Improving and Inventing Math In Design
A designer can
mean many
different
things. Fashion
designers, graphic designers, and
interior designers all l…
Nobel Prize In Chemistry For Discovery of Quasicrystals : Mathematicians Were There First
Last October, the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Israeli chemist Dan Shechtman for his discovery of quasi…
Daylight In the Northern Hemisphere
Teacher notes The focus of this Pull-Out is using sinusoidal models to estimate the length of daylight and the sun's d…
Shed New Light on Student Thinking with a Representational Lens
Our day-to-day activities are increasingly saturated with static and dynamic representations. These "things" that stand…
STEM: An Integrated Approach
This year we began a two year integrated STEM Foundations course. The course is being taught by myself and David Procko…
HiMCM 2011
Editor's Comments This is our fourteenth HiMCM special issue. Since space does not permit printing all eight National…
UMAP Journal 33.3 Fall 2012 Edition - The 2012 MCM / ICM Contest Edition
Table of Contents Guest Editorial Network Science: What's Math Got to Do with It? Editor's Note About This Issue MCM…
Consortium 103, Fall/Winter 2012
Table of Contents: From the Publisher's Desk: The Journal of Unwritten Proposals Math at Work: Using Math as a Micr…
Using Math as a Microscope : Modeling Biology
Mathematics and biology
have been intertwined
for some time, but the
synergy between the disciplines is
on the…
Exploring the Relationship Between Teachers and Curricula
In this edition of In Search of Research, I examine the relationship between teachers and curricula. This article begin…