February 2015 Volume 6, Number 2

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A refereed publication of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges

Editor: David Tannor, Cornerstone University
Production Manager: George Alexander, Madison Area Technical College

 
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This Issue's Features

Technology: The Past, the Present, and the Future
Fred Feldon, Coastline Community College
Nancy Sattler, Terra Community College
Mary Beth Orrange, Erie Community College

College Algebra Redesigned: Opening Doors to Success
Fran Hopf and Ruthmae Sears, Ana Torres-Ayala, Matthew Maher, University of South Florida

Developmental Mathematics Program Completion: Traditional Instruction Compared to Computer-Based Instruction
Carrie F. Quesnell and Kristin M. Hadley, Weber State University

The Casper College Statistics Program: Making Advanced Statistics Accessible to Undergraduates
Brook T. Russell and Raymond Steinbacher, Casper College

In Search of Apollonius: On the Nature of Parabolas
Martin V. Bonsangue and Harris S. Shultz, California State University, Fullerton

Supplemental Instruction For Developmental Mathematics: Early Results
Ruslan Flek, The New School in New York City
Alice Welt Cunningham, Loreto Porte, Olen Dias, and William Baker, Hostos Community College

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The Average Zero of a Polynomial's Various Derivatives
Michael W. Ecker, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

Ambiguous Case Occurrences
James C. Kropa, Kennesaw State University

How Combinatorics Sheds Light on Polynomial Roots
Randy K. Schwartz, Schoolcraft College

How Rational is the Tangent Function?
Sheldon Gordon, Farmingdale State College

Uses of Euler's Formula in College Math Courses
Ian Christie, West Virginia University
Christopher Jones, Harford Community College

 

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Sean Simpson, Westchester Community College, NY