February 2016 Volume 7, Number 2

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

Editor: George Alexander, Madison Area Technical College
Production Manager: Johanna Debrecht, Northern Virginia CC

 
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This Issue's Features

Supplemental Instruction for Developmental Mathematics: Two-Year Summary
Olen Dias, Alice Welt Cunningham, and Loreto Porte, Hostos Community College

A Comparison Study of Placement Strategies for College Mathematics Courses
Victoria Ingalls, Tiffin University

Applications of Patterns and Arithmetic Series that Sum to Nk
Sudhir Goel and Iwan Elstak, Valdosta State University

Renegotiating Homework: Making Explicit our Goals and Expectations
Mara Landers, Los Medanos College

Math Anxiety in Community College Students
Lisa Sprute and Sian Beilock, University of Chicago

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Adding a Simple Condition to Additive Functions
Michael W. Ecker, Pennsylvania State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus

A Probabilistic Look at "The Price Is Right" Showdown
Travis Thompson, Harding University

Let Me Count the Ways ... "Integrating" Integration for Students
Keith Nabb, Moraine Valley Community College

The Unbirthday Problem
Charles Li and William Farber, Mercy College

Connections: Integrals of the Form ∫F(x)dx, Reduction Formulas, and Finite Series Representations
Christopher Jones, Harford Community College

 

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Sean Simpson, Westchester Community College, NY