Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Institution
- Keyword
-
- Academic Achievement (2)
- Higher education (2)
- Institutional improvement (2)
- Mentoring (2)
- 1940's (1)
-
- Algebraic variables (1)
- Andragogy (1)
- Calculus i (1)
- College Song (1)
- College students (1)
- Contributions to Books (1)
- Course evaluations (1)
- Cultural aspects (1)
- Edith Meserve Rice (1)
- Educational Indicators (1)
- Equity in education (1)
- Expenditure per Student (1)
- Experiential learning (1)
- Faculty development (1)
- Feminism (1)
- Feminist theory (1)
- Generalized numbers (1)
- Gorham (1)
- Gorham Normal School (1)
- Haiku (1)
- Humanities (1)
- Institutional Characteristics (1)
- Interdisciplinary (1)
- International (1)
- Knowledge production (1)
- Publication
-
- To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (26)
- ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007 (18)
- Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives (8)
- IACE Hall of Fame Repository (4)
- Maine Education Policy Research Institute (4)
-
- Faculty Research and Creative Activity (2)
- NEFDC Exchange (2)
- Literatures in English Faculty Research and Scholarship (1)
- Mathematics Faculty Publications (1)
- Office for Medical Educator Development (OMED) (1)
- Scholarship and Professional Work – COPHS (1)
- Scholarship and Professional Work – Education (1)
- Search the General Manuscript Collection Finding Aids (1)
- Sociology Faculty Publications (1)
Articles 1 - 30 of 71
Full-Text Articles in Higher Education
Inside Story Of A Global Research Project: Lifelong Learning And Higher Education, John A. Henschke Edd
Inside Story Of A Global Research Project: Lifelong Learning And Higher Education, John A. Henschke Edd
IACE Hall of Fame Repository
This paper focuses on a process for helping a traditional higher education institution make a shift toward an orientation of lifelong learning. The sections provided are: Background of the relationship between University of Missouri and University of Western Cape; the international bridge building conferences; characteristic elements and measurable performance indicators; culture - development of new directions and related questions; impetus for the project; difficulties of bringing together the thinking from many countries; confusion that emerged, understanding communications, tensions and how they originated; differences throughout; fulfilling and contradicting expectations; comparing national and international networks; values and disappointments in international work; mosaic-stone …
Nefdc Exchange, Volume 18, Number 2, Fall 2007, New England Faculty Development Consortium
Nefdc Exchange, Volume 18, Number 2, Fall 2007, New England Faculty Development Consortium
NEFDC Exchange
Contents
Message from the President - Judy Miller, Clark University
From the editors - Tom Thibodeau, New England Institute of Technology, and Jeanne Albert, Castleton State College
NEFDC Fall Conference, Friday, November 9, 2007, Worcester, Massachusetts; theme: Engaged Learning: Fostering Student Success; keynote speaker: George Kuh, Indiana University
Engaged Learning: The Foundation for Student Success, Note from our Fall Conference Keynote Speaker - George Kuh, Indiana University
Fall Conference Agenda
Learning Through Community Engagement - Kevin R. Kearney, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Reciprocal Mentoring - Mathew L. Ouellett and Susan E. McKenna, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Helpful …
College Students’ Perceptions Of Their "Best" And "Worst" Courses And Instructors, Debra S. Emmelman, Michael Decesare
College Students’ Perceptions Of Their "Best" And "Worst" Courses And Instructors, Debra S. Emmelman, Michael Decesare
Sociology Faculty Publications
This paper presents results from a content analysis of college students' descriptions of their "best" and " worst " courses and instructors. We were interested primarily in two issues: how college students evaluate their courses , and the extent to which they emphasize various dimensions in their evaluations. We found that students evaluated their course experiences along seven interrelated dimensions: factors external to the course, level of tedium, classroom activities, classroom atmosphere, instructor's comportment, workload/assignments/grading issues, and acquisition of knowledge and skills. These dimensions were emphasized to different degrees and tended to vary in oppositional manners according to the type …
Gen Ms 21 Edith Meserve Rice Papers Finding Aid, Daniel Draper
Gen Ms 21 Edith Meserve Rice Papers Finding Aid, Daniel Draper
Search the General Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Description:
Edith Meserve Rice was a student at Gorham Normal School 1942-1946, and was active in the Alumni Association from the 1970s through the 1990s. The Papers include photographs and other material documenting Rice's life as a student at Gorham Normal School in the early 1940s, as well as alumni news, songs of Gorham Normal School and the State of Maine, and information about Gorham State Teachers College and the University of Southern Maine.
Date Range:
1940s-2002
Size of Collection:
0.5 ft.
Expansion Of Experiential Learning Opportunities Through Medication Reconciliation Participation, Jane M. Gervasio, Julie M. Koehler, Kevin M. Tuohy, Julie L. Williams, Mary H. Andritz
Expansion Of Experiential Learning Opportunities Through Medication Reconciliation Participation, Jane M. Gervasio, Julie M. Koehler, Kevin M. Tuohy, Julie L. Williams, Mary H. Andritz
Scholarship and Professional Work – COPHS
Abstract from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, July 12-18, 2007.
The Importance Of Effective Instruction In Determining Student Success: Background For Defining The Role Of Faculty Development At Unm, Gary A. Smith
The Importance Of Effective Instruction In Determining Student Success: Background For Defining The Role Of Faculty Development At Unm, Gary A. Smith
Office for Medical Educator Development (OMED)
The purpose of this briefing report is to summarize the research literature that documents the importance of effective instruction for student success as a premise for future planning, including but not limited to faculty development, that strives to improve UNM student success.
The key conclusions, based on this review, are:
1. Classroom instructional effectiveness is widely viewed as a core ingredient in planning for student success.
2. Faculty development is essential in order to improve instructional effectiveness.
Selected Results From A Survey Of Maine Public High School Principals, James E. Sloan
Selected Results From A Survey Of Maine Public High School Principals, James E. Sloan
Maine Education Policy Research Institute
No abstract provided.
Trigonometry Without Sines And Geometry Without Angles, Phillip Lestmann
Trigonometry Without Sines And Geometry Without Angles, Phillip Lestmann
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
In his book, Divine Proportions, N. J. Wildberger advocates for a "rational" trigonometry by substituting the squares of the common trigonometric ratios for those ratios themselves. This presentation examines and critiques the claims of the book by evaluating its presented methods.
Six Ways, Yea Seven, That Scripture Is Integral To Our Science And Math Classes, Sean Bird
Six Ways, Yea Seven, That Scripture Is Integral To Our Science And Math Classes, Sean Bird
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
This paper looks at the ways the Bible informs mathematics and its role in guiding our stewardship of God’s creation.
Counting Tulips: Three Combinatorial Proofs, Eric Gossett
Counting Tulips: Three Combinatorial Proofs, Eric Gossett
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
A gardener has r ≥ 1 red tulips and b ≥ 1 blue tulips, each in its own pot. She plans to plant them in a line along the edge of her driveway. In how many visually distinguishable ways can she arrange them?
Rules And Insights: Connecting The Mathematical And Linguistic Abilities Of C.S. Lewis, Kim Jongerius
Rules And Insights: Connecting The Mathematical And Linguistic Abilities Of C.S. Lewis, Kim Jongerius
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
While most biographical works on C.S. Lewis give passing reference to Lewis' problems with elementary mathematics, few have made an attempt at diagnosing the difficulty or exploring its impact on his writing. A careful study of family correspondence, however, makes it clear that his learning difficulties were not with mathematics alone and suggests connections between attitudes toward and abilities in both mathematics and language. This paper will make these connections clear and will illustrate their ties to Lewis' effective mathematical references.
The Beautiful And Sublime In Mathematics, Paul Zwier
The Beautiful And Sublime In Mathematics, Paul Zwier
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
A précis of Paul Zwier's talk presented at the meetings of the ACMS Conference at Messiah College on June 1, 2007.
Connection-Oriented Computer Science Education, Kim Kihlstrom
Connection-Oriented Computer Science Education, Kim Kihlstrom
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
Computers play an important role in every area of our society and are integral in every academic discipline. Today's computer science students need a background that will prepare them for the expanding range of computing opportunities. The opportunities for computer professionals are varied and increasing in diversity. However, undergraduate computer science programs tend to be narrowly focused on programming and related technical skills. Female students in particular tend to be highly interested in exploring connections between computer science and other fields.
How can we leverage these observations at a liberal arts college, where interdisciplinary connections are highly desirable, and where …
Bach (To The Calculus Of) Variations, Charles R. Hampton
Bach (To The Calculus Of) Variations, Charles R. Hampton
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
While it is quite common for professionals (doctors, lawyers, academics, etc) to be talented in many ways, including musical talent, there is a special connection between music and mathematics. Musicians collectively are not more talented in mathematics than other professionals and other academics. This paper examines the connections between math and music, particularly calculus and the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Portrayls Of Mathematics In Culture, Jeremy Case
Portrayls Of Mathematics In Culture, Jeremy Case
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
This paper looks at various portrays of mathematicians in culture, and how that can influence perceptions of mathematics.
Breathing Life Into The Liberal Arts Math Course: Ten Teaching Tips, Mark Colgan
Breathing Life Into The Liberal Arts Math Course: Ten Teaching Tips, Mark Colgan
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
Teaching the liberal arts math course for general education students presents unique challenges, but the course also offers exciting life applications and opportunities for integrating faith with a variety of creative topics. I try to make the course interesting by actively involving students and relating mathematical topics to their lives. In this paper I will discuss some things I have tried in the liberal arts math course I teach at Taylor University: using students' names, use of undergraduate teaching assistants (T As), group guessing games, handout booklets, hangman, group projects, memory verses, reflection papers, and life lessons.
Teach A Course In The Math Of Voting And Choice, Karl-Dieter Crisman
Teach A Course In The Math Of Voting And Choice, Karl-Dieter Crisman
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
Many mathematics instructors at the college level are looking for a curricular option that has the potential to serve a number of different constituencies. It could be to encourage more students to take math courses, or to give worthwhile options to students who need to take math but who are not ready for calculus (or its sequence). On the other hand, one may wish to add a new course for majors outside of the typical offerings, or even to prepare students for undergraduate research. The mathematics of voting and choice is ideally suited to meet all these needs in the …
Integrating Moral And Spiritual Themes In Middle School And High School Mathematics Teaching Units, Dave Klanderman, Sean Bird
Integrating Moral And Spiritual Themes In Middle School And High School Mathematics Teaching Units, Dave Klanderman, Sean Bird
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
In 2006, the Kuyers Institute published a total of nine math lessons for the middle school and high school which incorporate a Christian perspective. This paper examines the impact of teaching all of these lessons at a the high school level as well as selected lessons at the college level with preservice elementary and secondary mathematics teachers.
Tanzania, Mathematics, And Me: Reflections From My Work With Tanzanian Teachers, Mandi Maxwell
Tanzania, Mathematics, And Me: Reflections From My Work With Tanzanian Teachers, Mandi Maxwell
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
In June 2006 I had the privilege of participating in a four-day teacher training workshop in Mumba, Tanzania. In this paper I will discuss the challenges and triumphs of working with Tanzanian Secondary Mathematics teachers. We will discuss the educational environment, teaching strategies, and curricular issues that affect mathematics teachers in rural areas of Tanzania and contrast that with the American educational experience. We will also discuss some of the goals of the Teacher Training workshop that my colleagues and I led and look at some of the specific mathematical ideas and applications that I shared with the Mathematics teachers …
Voltaire: A Study In Finding A Needle In A Haystack, Andrew Simoson
Voltaire: A Study In Finding A Needle In A Haystack, Andrew Simoson
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
In Euler’s popular notes to a German Princess of 1837, he describes Voltaire as laughing about the idea of a hole going to Earth’s center. Did Voltaire actually write about this idea? Herein we describe the answers to be found upon searching through the huge opus of Voltaire’s written work. The result has links to Newton’s 1687 Principia discoveries and the French Academy’s early eighteenth century international scientific expeditions to Lapland and Peru establishing the veracity of those discoveries.
An Augustinian Perspective On The Philosophy Of Mathematics, James Bradley
An Augustinian Perspective On The Philosophy Of Mathematics, James Bradley
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
Enlightenment thinkers saw the universe as mechanistic and mathematics as the language in which the universe is written. They viewed mathematics as eternal, as transcending human minds, and as comprehensible by human beings. Thus mathematics, from their perspective, is our best tool for understanding the secrets of nature. This outlook was nicely summarized by Morris Kline: (Kline, 1953) In brief the whole world is the totality of mathematically expressible motions of objects in space and time, and the entire universe is a great, harmonious, and mathematically designed machine. From a Christian perspective, however, the Enlightenment outlook is flawed. It privileges …
Chaos Theory And Metaphysical (In) Determinism, Tim Rogalsky
Chaos Theory And Metaphysical (In) Determinism, Tim Rogalsky
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
This paper will begin by introducing the issues that arise from chaos theory for the Christian mathematician and scientist: What is at stake in this debate? It will then briefly review chaos theory, by means of two examples. It will then introduce the metaphysical interpretations given to chaos theory by three different scientist-theologians. The paper will conclude with a brief introduction to open theists, and analyze their use of chaos theory to supper their theological claims.
Introduction (2007), Angela Hare
Introduction (2007), Angela Hare
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
Sixteenth Conference of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Schedule (2007), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences
Schedule (2007), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
Sixteenth Conference of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Table Of Contents (2007), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences
Table Of Contents (2007), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences
ACMS Conference Proceedings 2007
Sixteenth Conference of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Identification Of Higher And Lower Performing Maine Schools-School Profiles And Characteristics, David L. Silvernail
Identification Of Higher And Lower Performing Maine Schools-School Profiles And Characteristics, David L. Silvernail
Maine Education Policy Research Institute
Identifying Maine's higher and lower performing schools may be useful for many purposes, but two are particularly important. Identifying these schools is important for developing and refining Maine's new funding formula. Maine's Essential Programs and Services (EPS) school funding formula is what is known nationally as a cost-based adequacy model. The underlying premise of the formula is that all schools should have adequate resources to ensure that all children may achieve high standards of learning. In the case of Maine, these high standards are the Learning Results. What are adequate levels of resources needed to achieve the Learning Results? From …
Nefdc Exchange, Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2007, New England Faculty Development Consortium
Nefdc Exchange, Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2007, New England Faculty Development Consortium
NEFDC Exchange
Contents
Message from the President - Judith Kamber, Northern Essex Community College
From the editors -
Encounters With George: Information Literacy and Mathematics at Berkshire Community College - Karen Carreras-Hubbard and Annette Guertin, Berkshire Community College
Achieving Information Literacy Goals Through Collaboration - Pamela Bedore, University of Connecticut, Avery Point
Teaming Up! The Sociology/English Composition I /Librarian Embed Experience at Northern Essex Community College - Linda A. Desjardins, Northern Essex Community College
Common Learning Outcomes for First-Year Information Literacy - Mary Adams, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Gabriela Adler, Bristol Community College; Susan Berteaux, Massachusetts Maritime Academy; Marcia Dinneen, Bridgewater State …
Trends In Adult Education, John A. Henschke Edd
Trends In Adult Education, John A. Henschke Edd
IACE Hall of Fame Repository
During the forty-three (43) years since 1964, when the Commission of Professors of Adult Education (CPAE) was established, adult education scholars around the globe have achievements in the Field of Adult Education. Some of these findings have developed into trends which had special significance for a historic occasion of the Commission on international Adult Education (CIAE) Pre-Conference of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) Conference which included adult educators from various countries around the world in late 2006. These trends emerged during the opening years of the twenty-first (21st) century. A few of these trends are presented …
Analysis Of The Impact Of School Consolidation On Student Transportation Cost, David L. Silvernail, Aaron K. Gritter, James E. Sloan
Analysis Of The Impact Of School Consolidation On Student Transportation Cost, David L. Silvernail, Aaron K. Gritter, James E. Sloan
Maine Education Policy Research Institute
No abstract provided.
Calculus Students’ Difficulties In Using Variables As Changing Quantities, Susan S. Gray, Barbara J. Loud, Carole Sokolowski
Calculus Students’ Difficulties In Using Variables As Changing Quantities, Susan S. Gray, Barbara J. Loud, Carole Sokolowski
Mathematics Faculty Publications
The study of calculus requires an ability to understand algebraic variables as generalized numbers and as functionally-related quantities. These more advanced uses of variables are indicative of algebraic thinking as opposed to arithmetic thinking. This study reports on entering Calculus I students’ responses to a selection of test questions that required the use of variables in these advanced ways. On average, students’ success rates on these questions were less than 50%. An analysis of errors revealed students’ tendencies toward arithmetic thinking when they attempted to answer questions that required an ability to think of variables as changing quantities, a characteristic …