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Direct linkBrian P. Katz – PRIMUS, 2024
This paper shares a flexible activity for engaging people in mathematical inquiry that does not depend on fixed prior knowledge built on a famous property of Möbius strips. The discussion includes the implementation of the activity and its extensions, facilitator moves and common participant thinking, suggestions for adaptation and integration…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Inquiry, Active Learning, Mathematics Skills
Baum, Brittany Smith; Rowell, Ginger Holmes; Green, Lisa; Yantz, Jennifer; Beck, Jesse; Cheatham, Thomas; Stephens, D. Christopher; Nelson, Donald – PRIMUS, 2017
As part of Middle Tennessee State University's (MTSU's) initiative to improve retention of at-risk STEM majors, they recruit first-time, full-time freshman STEM majors with mathematics ACT scores of 19 to 23 to participate in MTSU's "Mathematics as a FirstSTEP to Success in STEM" project (FirstSTEP). This article overviews MTSU's…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, STEM Education, Majors (Students), College Freshmen
Craviotto, Cathleen; Farmer, Jeff – PRIMUS, 2003
An interdisciplinary course centered on mathematical ideas (involving infinity and geometry) is described. The course was developed by the authors, both mathematicians, as a vehicle for engaging students in learning about mathematical ideas that are rarely found in the general undergraduate curriculum. The course was offered to honors students…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Group Discussion, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction
