Chance part of Chance
Chance Nagambal Shah, Professor of Mathematics, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia Abstract Chance is a course designed to teach fundamental ideas of statistics and probability through real-world problems that ...

Quantitative Literacy Through Community-Based Group Projects part of Quantitative Literacy Through Community-Based Group Projects
Quantitative Literacy Through Community-Based Group Projects An Emerging Model Thomas M. Zachariah, Department of Mathematics, Suzanne Larson, Department of Mathematics, Jacqueline M. Dewar, Professor of ...

The Mathematics of Communication part of The Mathematics of Communication
The Mathematics of Communication: Keeping Secrets Stephen J. Greenfield, Department of Mathematics, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey Abstract For thousands of years, people ...

Statistics with Community-Based Projects part of Statistics with Community-Based Projects
Cindy Kaus, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Metropolitan State University By incorporating semester long community-based projects into an introductory statistics course, Metropolitan State University aims to ...

Ordinary Differential Equations in Real World Situations part of Ordinary Differential Equations in Real World Situations
Victor Donnay, Professor of Mathematics, Bryn Mawr College This course for junior and senior math majors uses mathematics, specifically the ordinary differential equations as used in mathematical modeling, to ...

Science outreach - Public Understanding of Science part of Science outreach - Public Understanding of Science
Hannah Alexander, Adjunct Associate Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 Public Understanding of Science is an interactive course that aims to train students to ...

Incorporating SENCER Ideals in Science and Math Classes for Future Teachers at James Madison University part of Newsletter Articles
SENCER E-Newsletter, November 2005, Volume 5, Issue 3 Cindy Klevickis, James Madison University At James Madison University, many of our science classes for future elementary and middle school teachers are SENCER ...

Whittier College Proposes "SENCERizing" Its Mandatory Introductory Math Course part of Newsletter Articles
Participants in our SENCER workshop at Whittier College were so inspired by the presentation of a team-taught SENCER course on population and statistics that they proposed adapting our college's mandatory ...

Science and Math Education on Display at Capitol Hill Poster Session: Students and Faculty Share Their Work with Members of Congress and Special Guests part of Newsletter Articles
SENCER E-Newsletter, May 2006, Volume 5, Issue 8 For two hours the reception room in the Longworth House Office Building was all abuzz with students, faculty, elected officials, and special guests. The event ...

Computation Science: Learning to Apply Mathematics and Computer Science to Important Scientific and Public Programs part of Newsletter Articles
SENCER E-Newsletter, November 2006, Volume 6, Issue 3 Angela B. Shiflet, Wofford College Talk about "civic engagement"! Consider the following research projects performed at laboratories across the ...