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Humanistic Mathematics And The Internet: The Ugly, The Bad, And The Good, Ruth Guthrie, Judy Guthrie

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

Election Day Puzzle, 1996, Jeremiah Farrell

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Jeremiah Farrell's famous 1996 Election Day Puzzle. The puzzle was released the day before the results of the election were announced and the answer to 39 across could have been either CLINTON or BOBDOLE.

Extrapolating Human Probability Judgment, Daniel N. Osherson, Edward E. Smith, Tracy S. Myers, Eldar Shafir, Michael Stob

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

We advance a model of human probability judgment and apply it to the design of an extrapolation algorithm. Such an algorithm examines a person's judgment about the likelihood of various statements and is then able to predict the same person's judgments about new statements. The algorithm is tested against judgments produced by thirty undergraduates asked to assign probabilities to statements about mammals.

Constraints Posed By Inadequate Data Supply To Planning And Evaluation Of Services In Nigeria., M. O Ojo Dr

Bullion

The paper discusses the importance of accurate, timely and adequate data in national planning and economic development of Nigeria.

The Profit Motive: The Bane Of Mathematics Education, Neal Koblitz

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of The Monitored Electronic Alarm Activations In The Perth Metropolitan Area, Lynnette M. Bloom, James M. Cross, David Mcdougall

Research outputs pre 2011

This study as indicated in [7] was carried out under the auspices of Edith Cowan University's Institute of Security and Applied Technology and had the support of the Western Australian Police and the Perth-based Central Monitoring Agencies. The data analysed was obtained essentially from Police records, backed up by data from two of Perth's larger security companies, and consists of all the monitored alarms in the Perth Metropolitan Area which were attended by the police in the months of May and September 1989.In our consideration of the frequency of alarms by time of day and day of week, and the …

Teaching Global Issues Through Mathematics, Richard H. Schwartz

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

Introducing Undergraduates To Mathematics Information Resources, Sallie H. Barringer

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

Cognitive Science Studies Of Mathematical Thought, Robert B. Davis

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.

Patterns Of Emotion Within Mathematics Problem-Solving, Frances A. Rosamond

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

There is often a divide between the experience of positive emotions toward math on the part of mathematical educators and negative emotions toward math on the part of students. This paper utilizes psychologist Richard Lazarus's work on the effects of positive emotions in order to highlight their benefits for mathematical pedagogy, to explain the author's experiment applying Lazarus's theory, and to suggest ways this application might support and foster positive emotions in students.

Ua66/10/2 Newsletter, Wku Mathematics

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by and about the WKU Mathematics department.

Ua66/10/2 Newsletter, Wku Mathematics

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by and about the WKU Mathematics department.

Containerized Cargo Flow Analysis Between The United States And The Far East, Bi-Chou Wei

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

Within less than a decade, containerization has revolutionized maritime general cargo transportation throughout major world trade routes, especially the trade routes between the Far East and the United States. Few commodity flow studies have focused on this latest innovation in maritime transport. To most of the rapidly developing state-owned Far East shipping industries, an understanding of container flow variation and port calling preference with U.S. seaports has become essential in order to maximize investments and to rationalize services. By applying 1974, 1977, and 1980 Far East/U.S. container flow data, this study intends to explore the non-physical and economic elements which …

Ua66/10/2 Newsletter, Wku Mathematics

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by and about the WKU Mathematics department.

The Relationship Of Self-Concept, Sex, Age, Major, Anxiety, Mathematics Background, And Mathematics Ability To The Level Of Mathematics And Statistical Anxiety Among College Juniors, David John Maysick

Dissertations

Problem. One's choice of career has significant effect upon one's future life in terms of earning potential and social interaction. Mathematics/statistical anxiety and the mathematics avoidance often accompanying such anxiety, can influence career choice, causing otherwise talented people to limit their future. The purpose of this study was to determine from selected variables--particularly self-concept--which, if any, were related to the problem of mathematics and/or statistical anxiety.

Method. The statistical sample used was 350 juniors. Stratification was by degree of mathematics content in subject's major field of study. For the study, subjects had to be in the same major category as …

Ua66/10/2 Newsletter, Wku Mathematics

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by and about the WKU Mathematics department.

Derivation And Test Of Predictions Of A Discrete Latent State Model For Signed Number Addition Test Performance, Kentaro Yamamoto

Dissertations and Theses

This study is an investigation of the performance of a discrete latent state model devised by Paulson (1982) to account for signed-number arithmetic test data gathered by Birenbaum and Tatsuoka (1980). One hundred twenty nine students took a test which consists of sixteen item types with four parallel arithmetic items of each type. The present study utilizes the five addition item types of four items each; hence, there are four parallel subtests. Responses to the addition items can be analyzed in terms of two components: the sign component (is the sign correct?), and the absolute value component (is the size …

Ua66/16/2 Ogden Instructional Computing Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 1, Wku Mathematics & Computer Science

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the Ogden Computer Laboratory to promote services, courses, hardware, software and student activities.

Ua66/16/2 Newsletter, Wku Mathematics & Computer Science

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by and about the WKU Mathematics department.

Ua66/16/2 Ogden Instructional Computing Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 1, Wku Mathematics & Computer Science

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the Ogden Computer Laboratory to promote services, courses, hardware, software and student activities.

Ua66/16/2 Ogden Instructional Computing Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 2, Wku Mathematics & Computer Science

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the Ogden Computer Laboratory to promote services, courses, hardware, software and student activities.

Ua66/16/2 Ogden Instructional Computing Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 1, Wku Mathematics & Computer Science

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created to promote the Ogden College Computer Laboratory. This issue is a review of some projects, courses, hardware and software available from the computer lab.

Ua66/10/1 Sixty Years Of Math At Western, Robert Bueker

WKU Administration Documents

A brief history of the WKU Mathematics department from 1906-1967.

Student Algebra Notebook, Jack Thorington, Joseph S. Winter

Winter Letterbooks

Jack Thorington's Algebra notebook. Contains practice algebra problems.

The Voice Of The Phi Sigma -- 1881 -- Volume 03, No. 15, Phi Sigma

The Voice of the Phi Sigma

This item is part of the Phi Sigma collection at the College Archives & Special Collections department of Columbia College Chicago. Contact [email protected] for more information and to view the collection.