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Bronson, Richard – Two-Year College Mathematics Journal, 1982
The use of continuous simulation is promoted as a teaching tool in the undergraduate curriculum. Simulation, advances in continuous simulation, an approach to teaching system dynamics, computer languages deemed suitable for continuous simulation, and an outline of a prototypic first course in continuous simulation are presented. (MP)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Higher Education
Labelle, Gilbert – 2000
This set of transparencies shows how the manipulation of combinatorial structures in the context of modern combinatorics can easily lead to interesting teaching and learning activities at every level of education from elementary school to university. The transparencies describe: (1) the importance and relations of combinatorics to science and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mathematical Applications
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McComas, Kim Krusen – Mathematics Teacher, 2000
Discusses the parallels between Klein's position at the forefront of a movement to reform mathematics education and that of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) Standards. Draws a picture of Klein as an important historical figure who saw equal importance in studying pure mathematics, applying mathematics, and teaching…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Functions (Mathematics), Geometry