The PRIMUS Journal Curated Collection (82 articles in all) includes sections on individual projects, courses with a significant modeling component, and modeling and applications in extracurricular settings and throughout the curriculum. Check it out!
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"I liked the fact that we didn't know what we were capable of doing until we did it."
- Student feedback on course "Math in the City" from University of Nebraska
This says it all, and modeling does it all! Makes it worthwhile for teachers.
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Visit https://t.co/8kLXia1aEJ to read our director's blog!
You can find rich and thoughtful posts for your personal reflection and growth - or maybe pushback. Come and read the diverse ideas and narratives and then smile, or perhaps act!
Calder, L. 2006. Uncoverage: Toward a Signature Pedagogy for the History Survey. The Journal of American History. 92(4): 1358–1370.
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This study reports that instructors, and the teaching practices they use, are more than twice as influential in predicting learning outcomes than students’ prior academic performance!
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Upcoming SIMIODE Special Issue:
“Using Modeling to Motivate and Teach Differential Equations,“ /International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology/
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This makes the use of real-world modeling in mathematics courses all the more important for our young colleagues' education. It is what we do at SIMIODE!
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"SIMIODE EXPO 2024 is a multi-day online conference for faculty, students, and other parties interested in using modeling to motivate, teach, and learn differential equations."
Submit your abstract by Jan 22!
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