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Larripa, Kamila; Mazzag, Borbala – PRIMUS, 2019
This article proposes that in addition to training teams of students to succeed in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling, the contest and the preparation for competition can be successfully used as a framework to teach an auxiliary skill set to undergraduate STEM majors through workshop-style modules. The skills emphasized are collaboration across…
Descriptors: Mathematical Models, Competition, STEM Education, Undergraduate Students
Schoenfeld, Alan H. – Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2013
On October 14, 2013 the Mathematics Education Department at Teachers College hosted a full-day conference focused on the Common Core Standards Mathematical Modeling requirements to be implemented in September 2014 and in honor of Professor Henry Pollak's 25 years of service to the school. This article is adapted from my talk at this conference…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Common Core State Standards, Mathematical Models, Teaching Methods
Gainsburg, Julie – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2013
Policymakers and education scholars recommend incorporating mathematical modeling into mathematics education. Limited implementation of modeling instruction in schools, however, has constrained research on how students learn to model, leaving unresolved debates about whether modeling should be reified and explicitly taught as a competence, whether…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Problem Solving, Communities of Practice, Civil Engineering
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With the rapid increase in number and size of junior colleges, administrators must take advantage of the decision-making tools already used in business and industry. This study investigated how these quantitative techniques could be applied to junior college problems. A survey of 195 California junior college administrators found that the problems…
Descriptors: Administrators, Decision Making, Doctoral Dissertations, Game Theory