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Biob 160n.01: Principles Of Living Systems, Mark L. Grimes Feb 2019

Biob 160n.01: Principles Of Living Systems, Mark L. Grimes

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Graphs Of Two Variable Inequalities: Alternate Approaches To The Solution Test, Kyunghee Moon Feb 2019

Graphs Of Two Variable Inequalities: Alternate Approaches To The Solution Test, Kyunghee Moon

The Mathematics Enthusiast

In this article I suggest some alternatives to the solution test for the understanding of graphs of inequalities in two variables. Based on the work done with two groups of preservice secondary mathematics teachers, and by using the idea of variation and the framework of action and process conceptions of inequalities, I explain how graphs of inequalities can be viewed as a collection of rays or curves. I also explain the potential benefits of these alternative explanations in the solving of optimization problems and in the instruction of functions as a medium of one variable and two variable functions.


Hstr 353.01: Modern France, Gillian Beth Glaes Feb 2019

Hstr 353.01: Modern France, Gillian Beth Glaes

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.


M 472.01: Introduction To Complex Analysis, Elizabeth A. Gillaspy Feb 2019

M 472.01: Introduction To Complex Analysis, Elizabeth A. Gillaspy

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Phsx 217n.01: Fundamentals Of Physics With Calculus Ii, David A. Macaluso Feb 2019

Phsx 217n.01: Fundamentals Of Physics With Calculus Ii, David A. Macaluso

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No abstract provided.


Psyx 595.01: St - Social/Developmental Psychology, Duncan G. Campbell Feb 2019

Psyx 595.01: St - Social/Developmental Psychology, Duncan G. Campbell

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No abstract provided.


Csci 480.01: Applied Parallel Computing Techniques, Travis J. Wheeler Feb 2019

Csci 480.01: Applied Parallel Computing Techniques, Travis J. Wheeler

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Csci 580.01: Applied Parallel Computing Techniques, Travis J. Wheeler Feb 2019

Csci 580.01: Applied Parallel Computing Techniques, Travis J. Wheeler

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Chmy 143n.00: College Chemistry Ii, Mark S. Cracolice Feb 2019

Chmy 143n.00: College Chemistry Ii, Mark S. Cracolice

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Chmy 141n.00: College Chemistry I, Kent D. Sugden Feb 2019

Chmy 141n.00: College Chemistry I, Kent D. Sugden

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Chmy 121n.00: Introduction To General Chemistry, Brittany Danielle Busby Feb 2019

Chmy 121n.00: Introduction To General Chemistry, Brittany Danielle Busby

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No abstract provided.


Csci 361.01: Computer Architecture, Jesse Johnson Feb 2019

Csci 361.01: Computer Architecture, Jesse Johnson

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Lit 422.01: Ecocritical Theory & Practice, Louise Economides Feb 2019

Lit 422.01: Ecocritical Theory & Practice, Louise Economides

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.


February 2019 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations Feb 2019

February 2019 News Releases, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

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Changing Trends And Emerging Themes: Teaching And Learning In Post-Secondary Mathematics Classrooms, Sandra Baldwin, Vicki Squires Feb 2019

Changing Trends And Emerging Themes: Teaching And Learning In Post-Secondary Mathematics Classrooms, Sandra Baldwin, Vicki Squires

The Mathematics Enthusiast

Educational institutions face increasing pressures to respond to the changing environment, including the rapid advances in technology. All curricula are subject to scrutiny, but arguably the sciences and mathematics curricula are under a special lens, given the impact of changing technology and the increasing importance accorded to the knowledge economy. This paper explores the continuing dialogue regarding the teaching and learning of mathematics including the transition from secondary to post-secondary and the emergent trends in the field of mathematics education. The recent evolution of mathematics teaching is described and the implications for the future of mathematics teaching are highlighted, including …


A Scientometric Look At Mathematics Education From Scopus Database, Miguel Cruz Ramirez, Rafael Armando Rodriguez Devesa Feb 2019

A Scientometric Look At Mathematics Education From Scopus Database, Miguel Cruz Ramirez, Rafael Armando Rodriguez Devesa

The Mathematics Enthusiast

The present work offers a characterization of the development of mathematics education, based on scientometric indicators. The study analyzes 5633 documents registered in the Scopus database which are all related to research in mathematics education. The main results show an exponential increase on the scientific productivity, a tendency to increase collaborative work over individual work, a greater impact per index of the cited references during the last two decades, a high level of international collaboration, a certain concentration of the publications on a reduced group of investigators in some international impact journals, and the existence of 17 invisible colleagues that …


The Expected Value Of A Random Variable: Semiotic And Lexical Ambiguities, Hyung Won Kim, Tim Fukawa-Connelly Feb 2019

The Expected Value Of A Random Variable: Semiotic And Lexical Ambiguities, Hyung Won Kim, Tim Fukawa-Connelly

The Mathematics Enthusiast

In calculus-based statistics courses, the expected value of a random variable (EVORV) is discussed in relation to underlying mathematical notions. This study examines students’ understanding of the mathematical notions of EVORV in connection with its semiotic and lexical representations. It also assesses students’ computational competency revolving around EVORV. We collected qualitative data via surveys and interviews from eight students enrolled in a calculus-based university statistics course. The results suggest that while the students in general had the computational accuracy to correctly calculate EVORV, they struggled to understand the notion, and in particular to make sense of the term “random” in …


Extending Modelling Activity Diagrams As A Tool To Characterise Mathematical Modelling Processes, Lluis Albarracin, Jonas Arleback, Elisabeth Civil, Nuria Gorgorio Feb 2019

Extending Modelling Activity Diagrams As A Tool To Characterise Mathematical Modelling Processes, Lluis Albarracin, Jonas Arleback, Elisabeth Civil, Nuria Gorgorio

The Mathematics Enthusiast

In this paper, we present a qualitative study in which we analyse the videorecordings of four groups of students solving Fermi Problems. Previous studies show that Secondary School students solve this type of problems using complex problem solving processes and developing mathematical models. In order to analyse the students’ problem solving processes, so-called Modelling Activity Diagrams were used. The results of the present study demonstrate that solving Fermi problems is a complex matter, and that some of the theoretical tools used in the field of Mathematical Education fail to adequately reflect this level of complexity. In addition, Modelling Activity Diagrams …


A Mathematical Analysis Of Student-Generated Sorting Algorithms, Audrey Nasar Feb 2019

A Mathematical Analysis Of Student-Generated Sorting Algorithms, Audrey Nasar

The Mathematics Enthusiast

Sorting is a process we encounter very often in everyday life. Additionally it is a fundamental operation in computer science. Having been one of the first intensely studied problems in computer science, many different sorting algorithms have been developed and analyzed. Although algorithms are often taught as part of the computer science curriculum in the context of a programming language, the study of algorithms and algorithmic thinking, including the design, construction and analysis of algorithms, has pedagogical value in mathematics education. This paper will provide an introduction to computational complexity and efficiency, without the use of a programming language. It …


The Derivative Notion Revised: The Fractional Case, Juan E. Napoles Valdes, Maria N. Quevedo Feb 2019

The Derivative Notion Revised: The Fractional Case, Juan E. Napoles Valdes, Maria N. Quevedo

The Mathematics Enthusiast

In this paper the historical origins of fractional calculus are explored with respect to non-conformable derivatives. Implications are made for the teaching and learning of calculus and for mathematics education.


Girls Explore Math Careers By Making 3d-Constructions Of Diverse Women Mathematicians’ Lives, Audrey C. Rule, Dana Atwood Blaine, Clayton M. Edwards, Mindy Gordon Feb 2019

Girls Explore Math Careers By Making 3d-Constructions Of Diverse Women Mathematicians’ Lives, Audrey C. Rule, Dana Atwood Blaine, Clayton M. Edwards, Mindy Gordon

The Mathematics Enthusiast

Few women and minorities work in STEM areas, making urgent appropriate role models, cultural barrier education, and growth mindset development. This study focused on a diverse group of 24 fifth grade girls at an urban school learning about successful mathematical careers of contemporary women of different races. Students viewed illustrated slide shows of the women’s lives and accomplishments, discussing their jobs and barriers they overcame. Students gained spatial skills constructing dioramas of the women’s lives and careers. Thematic analysis of student responses to questionnaires and sentences from reflection essays revealed aspects of a mathematician’s life and work that allowed students …


D. Right Place, Right Time, Robert W. Lankston Jan 2019

D. Right Place, Right Time, Robert W. Lankston

Mining the Internet for Metadata

Research on the Helena and Northern Railroad uncovers the story of a 10 year old girl in 1890 Clough Junction, MT, who received the gift of a subscription to the children's magazine "The St. Nicholas". MMP photo umt012633


Speciated And Total Emission Factors Of Particulate Organics From Burning Western Us Wildland Fuels And Their Dependence On Combustion Efficiency, Coty N. Jen, Lindsay E. Hatch, Vanessa Selimovic, Robert J. Yokelson, Robert Weber, Arantza E. Fernandez, Nathan M. Kreisberg, Kelley C. Barsanti, Allen H. Goldstein Jan 2019

Speciated And Total Emission Factors Of Particulate Organics From Burning Western Us Wildland Fuels And Their Dependence On Combustion Efficiency, Coty N. Jen, Lindsay E. Hatch, Vanessa Selimovic, Robert J. Yokelson, Robert Weber, Arantza E. Fernandez, Nathan M. Kreisberg, Kelley C. Barsanti, Allen H. Goldstein

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Western US wildlands experience frequent and large-scale wildfires which are predicted to increase in the future. As a result, wildfire smoke emissions are expected to play an increasing role in atmospheric chemistry while negatively impacting regional air quality and human health. Understanding the impacts of smoke on the environment is informed by identifying and quantifying the chemical compounds that are emitted during wildfires and by providing empirical relationships that describe how the amount and composition of the emissions change based upon different fire conditions and fuels. This study examined particulate organic compounds emitted from burning common western US wildland fuels …


Leadership In Informal Stormwater Governance Networks, Brian C. Chaffin, Theresa M. Floyd, Sandra L. Albro Jan 2019

Leadership In Informal Stormwater Governance Networks, Brian C. Chaffin, Theresa M. Floyd, Sandra L. Albro

Management and Marketing Faculty Publications

Recent transitions in the governance of urban stormwater, specifically developments that leverage the environmental and social benefits of green infrastructure (GI) including infiltration and neighborhood stabilization, often require capacities beyond those of any single municipal- or regional-scale organization. In many cities, transitions toward green stormwater infrastructure have been shepherded by networks of individuals spanning a diversity of organizations from governments to NGOs. These networks are often informal, that is, not established by legal mandate, governing authority, or formal agreement, and are often striking for their lack of formal hierarchy or formal leadership. Previous scholarship has revealed the importance of leadership …


Personnel Policy Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana, University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students Jan 2019

Personnel Policy Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana, University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

ASUM Governing Documents, 2019-present

This version of the Personnel Policy is fully updated as of SB01-19/20.


Sensitivity Of Active-Layer Freezing Process To Snow Cover In Arctic Alaska, Yonghong Yi, John S. Kimball, Richard H. Chen, Mahta Moghaddam, Charles E. Miller Jan 2019

Sensitivity Of Active-Layer Freezing Process To Snow Cover In Arctic Alaska, Yonghong Yi, John S. Kimball, Richard H. Chen, Mahta Moghaddam, Charles E. Miller

Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group Publications

The contribution of cold-season soil respiration to the Arctic–boreal carbon cycle and its potential feedback to the global climate remain poorly quantified, partly due to a poor understanding of changes in the soil thermal regime and liquid water content during the soil-freezing process. Here, we characterized the processes controlling active-layer freezing in Arctic Alaska using an integrated approach combining in situ soil measurements, local-scale (∼50 m) longwave radar retrievals from NASA airborne P-band polarimetric SAR (PolSAR) and a remote-sensing-driven permafrost model. To better capture landscape variability in snow cover and its influence on the soil thermal regime, we downscaled global …


The Interaction Of U.S. Public Lands, Water, And State Sovereignty In The West: A Reassessment And Celebration, John D. Leshy Jan 2019

The Interaction Of U.S. Public Lands, Water, And State Sovereignty In The West: A Reassessment And Celebration, John D. Leshy

Public Land & Resources Law Review

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Protections Of Property Interests In Western Water, James L. Huffman, Hertha L. Lund, Christopher T. Scoones Jan 2019

Constitutional Protections Of Property Interests In Western Water, James L. Huffman, Hertha L. Lund, Christopher T. Scoones

Public Land & Resources Law Review

No abstract provided.


Montanan, Winter 2019, University Of Montana--Missoula Jan 2019

Montanan, Winter 2019, University Of Montana--Missoula

Montanan Magazine, 1969-2024

This is the magazine of the University of Montana with news about the University for UM alumni as well as current faculty, students, staff, and administrators. This is volume 36, number 1.


Tourism & Its Impacts On Rural Communities: Thompson Falls 2018, Carter Bermingham, Norma P. Nickerson, Megan Schultz Jan 2019

Tourism & Its Impacts On Rural Communities: Thompson Falls 2018, Carter Bermingham, Norma P. Nickerson, Megan Schultz

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

This study was a collaborative effort between the Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research and the community of Thompson Falls, Montana to provide insight into the impacts tourism has on rural communities. Paper surveys on site were completed by 122 visitors. Results show that 34% of respondents were residents of Montana. Of those Montana residents, 95% were from outside of Sanders County. Visitors spent an average of 5.66 nights away from home and 2.01 of those nights were in the town of Thompson Falls. Most spending in Thompson Falls was on hotel/motel/B&B/cabin rental ($7,062). Respondents to the survey reported a …