Abstract
This paper is a report from work, research and reflections on the use of a standard deck of playing cards in entry level college mathematics classrooms. It begins with a look at published research on the use of cards, and follows with brief overviews of pedagogic concerns directly related to implementation of playing cards in the classroom: manipulatives, cooperative learning, and social influences. The article then articulates natural connections and relationships between cards and topics in current college mathematics curricula. Along the way it suggests some of the many and diverse activities and demonstrations which directly address--through illustration or motivation--topics and techniques of contemporary mathematics.
Note: This paper has been posted on the ERIC Clearlinghouse for Community Colleges, with no restrictions on access or pulbication.
The paper which summarize the issues raised and discussed in the workshop.
Overhead projector slide / handout. This was put on the overhead as participants arrived and settled in, on the Sunday morning which the workshop was held. This was also given as a handout.
This file includes several overheads used in the presentation, to introduce the mathematical focus of the activities.
A collection of activities which focused the workshop/presentation.