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Building Context with Tumor Growth Modeling Projects in Differential Equations
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Beier, Julie C.; Gevertz, Jana L.; Howard, Keith E. – PRIMUS, 2015
The use of modeling projects serves to integrate, reinforce, and extend student knowledge. Here we present two projects related to tumor growth appropriate for a first course in differential equations. They illustrate the use of problem-based learning to reinforce and extend course content via a writing or research experience. Here we discuss…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Undergraduate Study, Mathematical Models