Winter 2019 Volume 10, number 2

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

Editor: Johanna Debrecht, Red Rocks CC
Assistant Editor: George Alexander, Madison Area TC
Production Manager: Anthony Piccolino, Palm Beach State College

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This Issue's Features

Transitioning STEM Learners to Calculus: Findings from a National Survey of Mathematics Chairs in Two-Year Colleges by Hispanic-Serving Institutional Designation
Helen Burn, Highline Community College
Eboni Zamani-Gallaher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Vilma Mesa, University of Michigan
J. Luke Wood, San Diego State University

Teaching the Identification of Numerical Deception in Political Claims
Marcus Jorgensen, Utah Valley University

Self-Assessment Accuracy of Undergraduate Mathematics Students on Academic Performance
Kedar Nepal, Mercer University
Ramjee Sharma, University of North GeorgiaGainesville
Kailash Ghimire, Georgia Southwestern State University
Manoj Thapa, Georgia Southwestern State University

MathAMATYC Educator's Departments

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A Deeper Look at Submerged Objects
Michael A. Brilleslyper and Ian Pierce, United States Air Force Academy

Irrational Logarithms in College Algebra
David Rose, Li Zhou, and Steve Frye, Polk State College

From Instantaneous Pumping Rate to Total Volume
Theodore J. Sheskin, Cleveland State University

Lacing: A Novel Way to Teach Polynomial or Rational Inequalities
Xubo Wang and David Vogel, Middle Georgia State University

Strange Functions with Simple Compositions
Michael W. Ecker, Pennsylvania State University, WilkesBarre, retired

The Problem Section

Take the Challenge
Sean Simpson, Westchester Community College, NY