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Monthly Archives: February 2016
Preparing the Next Generation of Students in the Mathematical Sciences to “Think with Data”
By Johanna Hardin, Pomona College, and Nicholas J. Horton, Amherst College As statisticians in mathematics departments, we have both spent many department meetings, departmental reviews, and water-cooler conversations discussing the merits of various different curricular decisions with respect to the … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom Practices, Communication, Curriculum
Tagged Curriculum, journals, statistics
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Learning Mathematics through Embodied Activities
By Hortensia Soto-Johnson, Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Northern Colorado Those of us who teach mathematics know that students struggle writing the symbolism of mathematics even through they can articulate some of the concepts behind the symbolism. Those … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment Practices, Classroom Practices
Tagged active learning, embodied cognition, geometry, preservice teachers
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