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Helping At-Risk Students Add Up: Motivational Lessons For Students In High School Mathematics, Karen Beckner Dec 2001

Helping At-Risk Students Add Up: Motivational Lessons For Students In High School Mathematics, Karen Beckner

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

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Mathematics Memory Verses: Weekly Devotionals For Math Class, Mark Colgan Jun 2001

Mathematics Memory Verses: Weekly Devotionals For Math Class, Mark Colgan

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2001

Each Monday during the semester I start class with a short devotional on a verse that relates in some way to mathematics. After three weeks I choose one of the three at random for students to write out on their quiz for a possible bonus point. This encourages students to practice memorizing Scripture and it gives us the opportunity to discuss biblical principles that relate to some of the topics we are studying in the course.

I would like to share some of the Bible verses and weekly devotionals I have used in my mathematics classes. These can be organized …


Parables For Mathematicians: With Good News For Curved Beings, Ashley Reiter Ahlin Jun 2001

Parables For Mathematicians: With Good News For Curved Beings, Ashley Reiter Ahlin

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2001

Because we often lack the language for talking about such deep matters, the things of God can be hard to understand or talk about. The things that we do see and know were made by the same God of whom we speak. Thus, they are reflections of His nature, purposes, and ways and can help us to think and take about Him. This presentation expresses a parable using the language of math.


Three Problems From Number Theory, Robert Brabenec Jun 2001

Three Problems From Number Theory, Robert Brabenec

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2001

This paper discusses the experiences of Wheaton College mathematics and computer science department colloquium as they explored open-ended problems.


Theism & Mathematical Realism, John Byl Jun 2001

Theism & Mathematical Realism, John Byl

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2001

This paper examines connections between theism and mathematical realism. Mathematical realism, which offers the best account of mathematics, strongly supports theism. Theism, in turn, supports mathematical realism. Theism readily explains the intricate relations between mathematics, matter, and mind. The attributes of the biblical God provide justification for classical mathematics.


What Mathematical Paradoxes Teach Us About Paradoxes In Christianity, Paul Bialek Jun 2001

What Mathematical Paradoxes Teach Us About Paradoxes In Christianity, Paul Bialek

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2001

In Christian academic circles, we talk about the integration of our faith and learning. That is, we seek to discover and develop connections between our Christian faith and our particular discipline. This is notoriously difficult when the discipline is mathematics. I have found that asking myself these three questions has helped me to integrate my Christian faith with mathematics, although they could be applied to any discipline: (1) How does the fact that I am a Christian affect the way I view mathematics? (2) How does the fact that I am a mathematician affect the way I view Christianity? (3) …


Why Natural Selection Can't Design Anything, William A. Dembski Jun 2001

Why Natural Selection Can't Design Anything, William A. Dembski

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2001

In The Fifth Miracle Paul Davies suggests that any laws capable of explaining the origin of life must be radically different from scientific laws known to date? The problem, as he sees it, with currently known scientific laws, like the laws of chemistry and physics, is that they cannot explain the key feature of life that needs to be explained. That feature is specified complexity. Life is both complex and specified. The basic institution here is straightforward. Davies rightly notes, laws (that is, necessities of nature) can explain specification but not complexity. Once life (or more generally some self-replicator) …


The Soviet Concept Of The Correlation Of Forces, James Bradley Jun 2001

The Soviet Concept Of The Correlation Of Forces, James Bradley

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2001

This paper takes a look at the Soviet Union’s accumulation of nuclear weapons during the Cold War and what mathematical strategy they employed to make their choices.


Mathematics As Worship, David J. Stucki Jun 2001

Mathematics As Worship, David J. Stucki

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2001

In keeping with the mission of this organization to explore the relationship of faith to our discipline, I would like to take this opportunity to investigate the relationship, if any, between mathematics and worship. There have been throughout history, at least since Pythagoras, connections made between the mathematical and the theological. Many of these such efforts have followed the Pythagorean cult in deifying number, thus making mathematics the object of worship. Othes have effectively situated theology in subservience to mathematical reason. However, these are not the only alternatives.

Once we admit the possibility of a connection between mathematics and theology, …


On Periodic Points On Maps Of Trees And The Expansive Property, Fred Worth Jun 2001

On Periodic Points On Maps Of Trees And The Expansive Property, Fred Worth

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2001

In this paper, we consider the expansive property (A homeomorphism, f, of a metric space, X, onto itself is called expansive if there is a positive number, ε, such that if x and y are distinct points of X, then there exists an integer, n = n(x,y), such that d(f n(x), f n(y)) > ε. It should be noted that n may be negative.) and how it relates to shift homeomorphisms of a tree with a single, surjective bonding map. We also consider some results regarding the periodicity of points in self-maps of trees.


Thml: Theological Markup Language For The Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Harry Plantinga Jun 2001

Thml: Theological Markup Language For The Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Harry Plantinga

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2001

This document describes the Theological Markup Language (ThML), an XML markup language for theological texts. ThML was developed for use in the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL), but it is hoped that the language will serve as a royalty-free format for theological texts in other applications. Key design goals are that the language should be (1) rich enough to represent information needed for digital libraries and for theological study involving multiple, related texts, including cross-reference, synchronization, indexing, and scripture references, (2) based on XML and usable with World Wide Web tools, (3) automatically convertible to other common formats, and (4) …


Gravitational Acceleration In Hades, Andrew Simoson Jun 2001

Gravitational Acceleration In Hades, Andrew Simoson

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2001

Does acceleration due to gravity increase or decrease upon descending from Earth’s surface? The answer—as we show—depends on one’s model for Earth’s density. For our Earth, gravity increases before it collapses to zero at Earth center.


Introduction (2001), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences May 2001

Introduction (2001), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2001

Thirteenth ACMS Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective


Schedule (2001), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences May 2001

Schedule (2001), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2001

Thirteenth ACMS Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective


Table Of Contents (2001), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences May 2001

Table Of Contents (2001), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 2001

Thirteenth ACMS Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective


Nebraska Summary 354: Agco Dt200 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Nebraska Summary 354: Agco Dt200 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.


Nebraska Summary 355: Agco Dt225 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Nebraska Summary 355: Agco Dt225 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.


Test 1789: John Deere 9200 24 & 12 Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Test 1789: John Deere 9200 24 & 12 Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.


Nebraska Summary 388: Fendt 918 Vario Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Nebraska Summary 388: Fendt 918 Vario Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA

The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data.

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES

Purpose

The purpose of …


Test 1791: John Deere 9400t Also 9420t 24 Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Test 1791: John Deere 9400t Also 9420t 24 Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.


Nebraska Summary 391: Fendt 926 Vario Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Nebraska Summary 391: Fendt 926 Vario Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA

The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data.

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES

Purpose

The purpose of …


Test 1796: Case Ih Stx 275/New Holland Tj 275 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Test 1796: Case Ih Stx 275/New Holland Tj 275 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.


Test 1797: Case Ih Stx 325/New Holland Tj 325 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Test 1797: Case Ih Stx 325/New Holland Tj 325 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.


Test 1790: 9300 T 24 Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Test 1790: 9300 T 24 Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.


Test 1796: Case Ih Stx 275/New Holland Tj 275 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Test 1796: Case Ih Stx 275/New Holland Tj 275 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.


Test 1797: Case Ih Stx 325/New Holland Tj 325 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Test 1797: Case Ih Stx 325/New Holland Tj 325 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.


Test 1792: Massey Ferguson 2210 Diesel 15-Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Test 1792: Massey Ferguson 2210 Diesel 15-Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA

The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data.

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES

Purpose

The purpose of …


Test 1793: Massey Ferguson 2220 Diesel 12-Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Test 1793: Massey Ferguson 2220 Diesel 12-Speed, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA

The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data.

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES

Purpose

The purpose of …


Nebraska Summary 389: Fendt 920 Vario Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Nebraska Summary 389: Fendt 920 Vario Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA

The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data.

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES

Purpose

The purpose of …


Nebraska Summary 390: Fendt 924 Vario Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 2001

Nebraska Summary 390: Fendt 924 Vario Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA

The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data.

EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES

Purpose

The purpose of …