Winter 2020 Volume 11, number 2

cover winter 2020

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: Wendi Morrison, Sheridan College, HMC

 

 
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This Issue's Features

Like It or Love It: Exploring Elements Affecting Students' Mathematical Achievement
Ezell Allen, University of Memphis, Southern Union State Community College
Leigh Harrell-Williams, University of Memphis

College Students' Understanding of Fraction Addition
Brianna Bentley, North Carolina State University
Michael Bossé, Appalachian State University

Confronting Students' Misconceptions by Analyzing Errors in Examples of Student Work
Nicholas Kirby and Jennifer Yantz, Austin Peay State University

Creating a Differential Equations Course Using the Backward Design Process
Jonathan Weisbrod, Rowan College at Burlington County

 

A Range Rule of Thumb: Estimation, History, Activity, and Validation
Douglas B. Redington and R. Alan Russell, Elon University

A Connection Between Numerical Fulcrums and Primes of the Form N2+1
Harris S. Shultz, California State University,Fullerton
Richard Zucker, Irvine Valley College
R. J. Liljestrom, Northwestern Mutual

MathAMATYC Educator's Departments


Use it Now

March Madness, Combinatorics, and You
Thomas Roybal, Utah Valley University

From Polar to Spherical Coordinates
Tuyetdong Phan-Yamada, California State University, Los Angeles

Phantom Graphs: How to Visualize a Polynomial's "Hidden" Zeros
Michael W. Ecker, Pennsylvania State University, WilkesBarre Campus, (retired)


The Problem Section 

Take the Challenge
Sean Simpson, Westchester Community College, NY

 

Digital (web only) Articles 

Going Paperless with a Tablet: Pros, Cons, and Other Lessons
Victoria Ingalls, Tiffin University