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Blyth, Russell D. – PRIMUS, 2015
The author has taught an inquiry-based liberal arts mathematics class using the text "The Heart of Mathematics: An Invitation to Effective Thinking" by Edward B. Burger and Michael Starbird a total of 20 times since Spring 2001. The students in this class have almost all been in non-technical majors and many started the semester with…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Inquiry, Liberal Arts, Nonmajors
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Basson, Alex; Krantz, Steven G.; Thornton, Blake – PRIMUS, 2006
To help students understand the real-world applications of calculus, our calculus students all take part in a lab. This is not another "computer lab" but a lab where the students perform experiments and then collect and analyze the data. The students are able to verify for themselves many of physical claims that are left as theory in…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Laboratories, Teaching Methods