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New and Successful Courses and Programmes in Mathematics / Nouveaux
programmes de mathématiques et programmes à succès (Org: Ted Lewis)
- SHARON FRIESEN, Galileo Education Network Association
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- JAKUB JASINSKI, Scranton
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- HENRYK KOLACZ, University of Alberta
Statistics lab exams on-line system
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The on-line statistics lab exam system developed in the Department of
Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta will be
discussed and demonstrated. The purpose of the system is to carry out
lab exams in undergraduate statistics courses on-line and mark the
exams automatically. The exams are executed in computer labs under
supervision and at the predetermined time. The questions and the
related data files are selected randomly from a database. The system
was successfully tested in Intersession last year and used in lab exams
in Winter Term 2003.
- INDY LAGU, Mount Royal College
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- TED LEWIS, Alberta
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- ANDY LIU, Alberta
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- MIKE LONG, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, West Virginia University,
Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
TIGERS: Connecting K-12 with higher ed, innovative teaching with
current
research
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Teams of Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellows Engaged to Re-invigorate
Students in STEM, TIGERS, is a project that pairs up teams of graduate
fellows in Mathematics, Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and
Geography at West Virginia University with middle grade teachers and
together they co-plan and co-teach unique standards-based, hands-on,
inquiry centered, learning activities. TIGERS is funded by the
National Science Foundation as part of the G K-12 Initiative. TIGERS
teachers benefit from working with graduate fellows who have extensive
knowledge in a particular field. The graduate fellows benefit from
working with teachers who can help shape their teaching abilities. Of
course, the students at the schools also benefit from the TIGERS
experience, being actively engaged in new and unique learning
opportunities which will enhance their educational experience and
impact their later educational and career decisions. The session will
highlight successes of this innovative program and the subsequent
partnerships that have grown between the graduate fellows, the
teachers, and the university. In addition, a sampling of some of the
unique learning opportunities provided to the students will be shared.
- JAMES STEWART, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K
Three centuries of calculus wars
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The debate over how best to teach calculus has been going on for more
than 300 years. We will see that the controversies of the 17th, 18th,
and 19th centuries mirror, to a large extent, our present-day
discussions, particularly with respect to the role of rigour. What are
the other issues fueling the current debate? Some instructors think
that technology is the most important issue. Many cite the Rule of
Four. Some believe that more attention should be paid to applications.
Others say that the traditional calculus course needs no change. I will
present a proposal for a truce that has the potential to unify these
points of view.
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