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Batchelor, John – PRIMUS, 2015
This paper reports the results of a survey study of clicker use and mathematics anxiety among students enrolled in an undergraduate calculus course during the Fall 2013 semester. Students in two large lecture sections of calculus completed surveys at the beginning and end of the course. One class used clickers, whereas the other class was taught…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Undergraduate Study, Handheld Devices
Zack, Maria; Crow, Greg – PRIMUS, 2013
Institutional research questions provide an excellent source of interesting problems for service-learning projects for undergraduates in mathematics. This paper discusses how this model has been implemented at Point Loma Nazarene University and provides both examples and practical details. (Contains 6 figures.)
Descriptors: Service Learning, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, School Community Programs
Guerrero, Shannon; Beal, Melissa; Lamb, Chris; Sonderegger, Derek; Baumgartel, Drew – PRIMUS, 2015
This paper reports on a research project that investigated the effects of a flipped instructional approach on student attitudes and achievement in a lower division university-level Finite Mathematics course. The project employed a mixed-methods design that included content exams, an attitude survey, open-ended student responses, observations, and…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Blended Learning, Educational Technology
Atanasov, Risto; Foguel, Tuval; Lawson, Jeffrey – PRIMUS, 2013
Over the last four years of the senior capstone seminar at Western Carolina University, we have redesigned the course substantially to comply with our institutional Quality Enhancement Plan for engaged student learning and to follow the guidelines proposed by the Mathematical Association of America's Committee on Undergraduate Programs in…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Objectives
Bryan, Kurt – PRIMUS, 2011
This article presents an application of standard undergraduate ODE techniques to a modern engineering problem, that of using a tuned mass damper to control the vibration of a skyscraper. This material can be used in any ODE course in which the students have been familiarized with basic spring-mass models, resonance, and linear systems of ODEs.…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Geometry, Undergraduate Study, Engineering
Charlwood, Kevin E. – PRIMUS, 2014
Building an Actuarial Science program designated as advanced requires dedicated faculty, support from the administration, and a core group of strong students. Washburn University may serve as a model for those wishing to start or enhance such a program at their institution. We face three main ongoing challenges: first, the hiring and retention of…
Descriptors: Risk Assessment, College Programs, Program Descriptions, Faculty Recruitment
Camenga, Kristin A. – PRIMUS, 2013
We discuss a mathematics capstone course designed to help students grow in mathematical independence. We describe how the course is structured to support this goal and the major assignments: a course wiki, a group expository project, and an individual problem to solve and extend. Students learn to ask and answer their own questions, helping them…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Curriculum
Savoye, Philippe – PRIMUS, 2010
In this article, I outline how integral equations and Green's functions are used in the courses that I teach, and how I believe my students benefit from exposure to these topics.
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Equations (Mathematics), Undergraduate Study, College Mathematics
Khattri, Sanjay Kumar – PRIMUS, 2010
Based on the Lobatto quadrature, we develop several new closed form approximations to the mathematical constant "e." For validating effectiveness of our approximations, a comparison of our results to the existing approximations is also presented. Another objective of our work is to inspire students to formulate other better approximations by using…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Computation, College Mathematics, Undergraduate Study
Reese, Margaret – PRIMUS, 2012
This article describes a multi-class project that employs statistical computing and writing in a statistics class. Three courses, General Ecology, Meteorology, and Introductory Statistics, cooperated on a project for the EPA's Student Design Competition. The continuing investigation has also spawned several undergraduate research projects in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Ecology, Statistics, Meteorology
Doty, Lynne L. – PRIMUS, 2012
Initially designed to be an interdisciplinary experiment that would change attitudes about mathematics, the semester-long collaboration between a writing instructor and a mathematics instructor yielded unexpected long-term results. The collaboration served as an immersion in methods and techniques used by writing instructors. Description of…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Cooperation, Mathematics Instruction, Writing Instruction
Block, Robert M. – PRIMUS, 2012
The use of open-book tests, closed-book tests, and notecards on tests in an introductory statistics course is described in this article. A review of the literature shows that open-book assessments are universally recognized to reduce anxiety. The literature is mixed however on whether deeper learning or better preparation occurs with open-book…
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Tests
Winkel, Brian – PRIMUS, 2013
We describe the use of browsing and searching (in libraries, online, inside sources, at meetings, in abstracts, etc.) as a way to stimulate the teacher of undergraduate mathematics, specifically in differential equations. The approach works in all other areas of mathematics. Browsing can help build new and refreshing teaching materials based on…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Undergraduate Study
Kramlich, Gary R., II; Braunstein Fierson, Janet L.; Wright, J. Adam – PRIMUS, 2010
This project was designed to be used in a freshman calculus class whose students had already been introduced to logistic functions and basic data modeling techniques. It need not be limited to such an audience, however; it has also been implemented in a topics in mathematics class for college upperclassmen. Originally intended to be presented in…
Descriptors: Calculus, College Mathematics, Undergraduate Study, Mathematical Concepts
Erickson, Keith A.; Franciszkowicz, Marc J. – PRIMUS, 2010
A modified version of this project was used during the final seven days of a year-long calculus sequence at the United States Military Academy to introduce students to the nature of integrative learning. Students from different majors were brought together in groups and spent the first few days going over the mathematics material presented here.…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Genetics, Biology, Mathematics Materials