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| The titles listed below represent the contributed papers of the Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual AMATYC Conference held on November 18-21, 1999 in Pittsburgh, PA. For each paper, the reader will find the title and author(s) with links to the paper in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. | |
DEVELOPING A MODEL OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE ON MARS:
Connecting Concepts in Physics and Mathematics
Dr. Dona V. Boccio, Queensborough Community College
Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science
The City University of New York
Bayside, NY 11364
The speaker was a summer faculty fellow at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Her research goal was to develop a model of atmospheric pressure on the surface of Mars as a function of position on the surface of the planet and time of year, and to use this model to determine an improved estimate of annual global mean pressure.
INTEGRATING TECHNIQUE WITH CONTENT
Robert N. Baker
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
University of Alaska Southeast - Ketchikan Campus
2600 Seventh Avenue
Ketchikan, Alaska 99901
This talk addressed a dilemma faced in teaching mathematics at a two-year college: How to effectively teach modern adult students in an atmosphere rooted in traditional methods and measures. A sub-theme addresses the issue of giving weight to alternative assessments—especially content/technical writing, portfolio maintenance and self-assessment. Included are ways that assessments can be effectively implemented to simultaneously address traditional mathematics outcome goals (thus administrators), and the diverse needs of students at the entry level of mathematics study. The syllabus is discussed as a very useful implementation tool—when given as a skeletal yet binding contract between instructor and adult students in the two-year college setting.
A derivative of this talk will be presented at ICME 9 for Working Group #4.
The PDF files below attempt to duplicate the talk as closely as possible--the talk was organized around overheads which were fullpage entities in large type and sparse lines.
Integrating.pdf (96 K)
SelfChap.pdf (6K)
SelfEx.pdf (5K)
StudyTip.pdf (15 K)
SelfAssessment.pdf (17K)
SyllQuiz.pdf (6 K)
FinalPage.pdf (5K)