Quantitative literacy affects a person’s decisions on health and wealth. This video session explains how our Quantitative Reasoning course at Ohio University engages the students with inquiry-based projects in financial mathematics, probability, statistics, and mathematical modeling that are...
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Explore topics from college algebra, liberal arts math, statistics, and calculus through the lens of trading stocks and options. This presentation aims to teach the basics of trading stocks and options using hands-on activities. Also included are classroom examples for use in various courses. ...
"Coin flipping is used in many introductory probability classes, but this problem has a twist. See a demonstration of the problem, then a simulation to build intuition for the problem (involving Markov Chains, believe it or not!). Discuss using simulation to build towards a theoretical model in...
Gonzaga University’s basketball program has strongly evolved from an underdog, Cinderella program in the NCAA tournament to a national power, and contender for the national championship. Attendees will examine team statistics to analyze reasons for the growth of this program, including having...
Student engagement is an essential piece to student learning. But, finding the right amount for a specific course can be challenging. This presentation will focus on the journey to find the ideal balance between teacher led instruction and student led engagement in a Liberal Arts Mathematics...
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Good news: The world has made spectacular progress in many measures of human welfare. Bad news: Very few people realize this. This presentation will feature many examples of data, activities, and assignments through which teachers of statistics, mathematics, and quantitative reasoning can make...
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A national task force seeking to improve mathematics education for nurses has called for mathematics educators to "integrate the complexities of nursing practice throughout instruction,” including in-class activities, tasks, and assessments. This session will share open, online resources for...
Experience several geometry activities designed to help make pre-service teachers’ classroom experiences engaging and authentic! During this presentation, attendees will participate in hands-on activities where they will derive formulas for area and surface area. These versatile activities can ...
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Session Description: "This session will give examples of equity and social justice topics that can be used to provide context for general probability and descriptive statistics, appropriate for either a quantitative literacy or introductory statistics course." Please feel free to contact me with...
How can you take everyday objects to create models for calculus concepts? How does it benefit the students to be able to see and touch these objects? In this presentation, various Calculus 1 and 2 concepts. This is the power point presentation I'll be making, but it's really the links contained...
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