Writing Projects for Mathematics Courses: Crushed Clowns, Cars, and Coffee to Go

Writing Projects for Mathematics Courses: Crushed Clowns, Cars, and Coffee to Go
ISBN-10
1614441138
ISBN-13
9781614441137
Category
Mathematics
Pages
118
Language
English
Published
2004-12-31
Publisher
American Mathematical Soc.
Authors
Annalisa Crannell, Gavin LaRose, Thomas Ratliff

Description

Writing Projects for Mathematics Courses is a collection of writing projects suitable for a wide range of undergraduate mathematics courses, from a survey of mathematics to differential equations. The projects vary in their level of difficulty and in the mathematics that they require but are similar in the mode of presentation and use of applications. Students see these problems as real in a way that textbook problems are not, even though many of the characters involved (e.g. dime-store detectives and CEOs) are obviously fictional. The stories are sometimes fanciful and sometimes grounded in standard scientific applications, but the mere existence of the story draws the students in and makes the problem relevant.

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