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Helping At-Risk Students Add Up: Motivational Lessons For Students In High School Mathematics, Karen Beckner
Helping At-Risk Students Add Up: Motivational Lessons For Students In High School Mathematics, Karen Beckner
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
No abstract provided.
Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network – Fall 2001
Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network – Fall 2001
Nebraska Earth Systems Education Network
Content:
"Everything is Connected to Everything Else." by Dave Gosselin, NESEN Director
Right Before Your Eyes -- Introducing Universal Data Visualize by Mark Mesarch
"Awesome Aquifer Adventure" Videos by Lori Davison
Pioneers Park Geology by Roger K. Pabian, CSD Research Geologist
New and Improved NESEN Website by Mark Mesarch
Science Day by Andy Knudsen
Women in Science Conference by Andy Knudsen
The New Learning Web - Explore the World of Natural Science at USGS by Carolyn Bell
NESEN 2001 Summer Workshops by Kylee Anderson
Saltdogs… Where'd They Get That Name? By Edwin F. Harvey, Ph.D., P.G.
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 13, No. 3, October 2001
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 13, No. 3, October 2001
Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters
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A Children's Realm: An Experiment Using Life-Sized Manipulatives To Expand Exploring And Learning Opportunities For Children, Robert E. Drake Iii
A Children's Realm: An Experiment Using Life-Sized Manipulatives To Expand Exploring And Learning Opportunities For Children, Robert E. Drake Iii
Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection
In this synthesis I describe a "Children's Realm" in which middle school children can safely explore and interact with a variety of physical phenomena typically reserved for the adult world, such as building and driving a car. A Children's Realm is an experiment. It is an attempt to not only design, but engineer a unique environment for middle school students to explore and learn. It is based on providing the complex tools I feel children need to do this kind of learning on their own. These complex tools I call Life-Sized Manipulatives or simply LSM. I highlight the importance of …
The Challenge: The Newsletter Of The Center For Gifted Studies (No. 7,Summer 2001), Center For Gifted Studies, Tracy Inman Editor
The Challenge: The Newsletter Of The Center For Gifted Studies (No. 7,Summer 2001), Center For Gifted Studies, Tracy Inman Editor
Gifted Studies Publications
No abstract provided.
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 13, No. 2, July 2001
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 13, No. 2, July 2001
Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters
Welcome
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Evolution Of A Scientific Meeting: Eighty Annual Meetings Of The American Society Of Mammalogists, 1919-2000, Hugh H. Genoways, Patricia W. Freeman
Evolution Of A Scientific Meeting: Eighty Annual Meetings Of The American Society Of Mammalogists, 1919-2000, Hugh H. Genoways, Patricia W. Freeman
University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers
The American Society of Mammalogists has held 80 annual meetings between 1919 and 2000. These meetings have been held in 32 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Canada, and Mexico. At least 86 people have served as the chair or co-chair of the Local Committee planning the meetings. The number of technical presentations has grown from a low of 17 in 1921 to 340 in 1994. Symposia were an early feature of annual meetings but did not become a regular feature until 1971. Poster presentations were introduced in 1979 and reached a high of 195 posters at the 1994 annual …
Mathematics Memory Verses: Weekly Devotionals For Math Class, Mark Colgan
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Table Of Contents (2001), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2001
Thirteenth ACMS Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective
Geometry In Action: A Curriculum Unit Utilizing Dynamic Geometry Software To Enhance Students’ Comprehension, Cynthia A. Mignini
Geometry In Action: A Curriculum Unit Utilizing Dynamic Geometry Software To Enhance Students’ Comprehension, Cynthia A. Mignini
Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection
The paper identifies two critical obstacles to student success in a traditional geometry classroom and examines the role dynamic geometry software can play in overcoming these obstacles.
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 13, No. 1, March 2001
Hexapod Herald - Vol. 13, No. 1, March 2001
Hexapod Herald and Other Entomology Department Newsletters
Welcome
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ENTO 905 seminars
Awards presented at the North central Branch ESA meetings, 2001
Stemtec Evaluation Report For Year 4 (Fall 2000/Spring 2001), Joseph B. Berger, Stephen G. Sireci
Stemtec Evaluation Report For Year 4 (Fall 2000/Spring 2001), Joseph B. Berger, Stephen G. Sireci
STEMTEC
No abstract provided.
2000-01 Annual Report, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy
2000-01 Annual Report, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy
Annual Reports
This has been IMSA's work since we opened in 1986. Now, in our 15th Anniversary year, we are ready to further expand our statewide programming and to more proactively share what we have learned about what works in the field of mathematics, science and technology teaching and learning. The time is right, the needs are great, and the stakes for public education have never been higher.
Reaching For The Stars: Examples Of African American And Latino Imsa Graduates, Marti Guarin
Reaching For The Stars: Examples Of African American And Latino Imsa Graduates, Marti Guarin
Examples of Student Diversity
Searching for the secrets in the heart of the atom, or in the genetic code that makes each of us unique, IMSA's African-American and Hispanic alumni are extending the frontiers of science. They are achieving and contributing in many fields, engineering Illinois products, researching disease, teaching Illinois students, and improving Illinois technology.
The vignettes give an extended look at several alumni, and the snapshots give a glimpse of more. Here our underrepresented alumni tell how IMSA prepared them for academic and personal life, and gave them opportunities to develop tools for success.
Series Editor Cathy Veal, Vice President for Advancement, …
Not All Are Created Equal: An Analysis Of The Environmental Programs/Departments In U.S. Academic Institutions Until March 2001, Aldemaro Romero Jr., Amanda Stern, Kathryn Benz
Not All Are Created Equal: An Analysis Of The Environmental Programs/Departments In U.S. Academic Institutions Until March 2001, Aldemaro Romero Jr., Amanda Stern, Kathryn Benz
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
The Thinking About Science Survey Instrument (Tsso): An Instrument For The Quantitative Study Of Socio-Cultural Sources Of Support And Resistance To Science, William W. Cobern
The Thinking About Science Survey Instrument (Tsso): An Instrument For The Quantitative Study Of Socio-Cultural Sources Of Support And Resistance To Science, William W. Cobern
Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project
Many scientists and science educators are concerned about the public’s ambiguous relationship with science and this public includes elementary teachers. Like many citizens, too many elementary teachers find science disconnected from everyday life and thinking. Science is a “school” subject - not an important part of everyday life. Some may believe that science conflicts with important personal beliefs they hold about other areas of life such as religion and art. Elementary teachers who feel this disconnection with science will at best approach science teaching as something one does if school authorities demand it. Given that we are now promoting constructivist …
In Defense Of Realism: It Really Is Commonsense, William W. Cobern, Cathleen C. Loving
In Defense Of Realism: It Really Is Commonsense, William W. Cobern, Cathleen C. Loving
Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project
“What is truth?” Pilot asked Jesus of Nazareth. For many in academe today this question seems quaintly passé. Rejection of “truth” goes hand-in-hand with the rejection of epistemological realism. Educational thought over the last decade has instead been dominated by anti-realist, instrumentalist ideas of two types: first by psychological constructivism and later by social constructivism. Social constructivism subsequently has been pressed to its logical conclusion in the form of relativistic multiculturalism. Proponents of both psychological constructivism and social constructivism value knowledge for its utility and eschew as irrelevant speculation any notion that knowledge is actually about reality. The arguments are …
A Reasoned Approach To The Teaching Of Evolution In The Public's Interest, William W. Cobern
A Reasoned Approach To The Teaching Of Evolution In The Public's Interest, William W. Cobern
Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project
Should school science “teach the controversy” about evolution? Yes–sort of. Evolution should be taught bearing in mind public interest in science, not the interests of the science community. Evolution almost always prompts “cosmic questions.” Not that evolution addresses any cosmic question per se; but, because evolution offers a mechanism for how things have come to be as they are, people quite wonder if evolution is a sufficient mechanism for what they believe about our world. People wonder if there isn’t something more that is needed. People wonder if what we believe about the world is amenable with ideas from …