Many math teachers around the country have adjusted their expectations for students as a result of the Common Core State Standards. But a pilot professional-development program is going above and ...

Mathematical modeling is the process of developing mathematical descriptions, or models, of real-world systems. These models can be linear or nonlinear, discrete or continuous, deterministic or ...

An exposition of a variety of mathematical models arising in the physical and biological sciences. Students' modeling projects are presented in class. Topics may include: GPS navigation, medical ...

Mathematics Education (EMAT) is a recently initiated content specialization in the UW College of Education Curriculum and Instruction (EDCI) doctoral program. The purposes for establishing this new ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract There is an international trend in mathematics education of antiauthoritarianism, emphasising cooperative learning and students' autonomous ...

Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 63, No. 1 (Sep., 2006), pp. 89-112 (24 pages) Views of mathematical modeling in empirical, expository, and curricular references typically capture a ...

Being able to think like a physicist helps Carina Curto, a mathematician-turned-neuroscientist, pull insights about the human brain out of theoretical models. Curto, an associate professor at ...

Read this article on Operations Research from the Boston Globe, 2007. Industrial mathematics is a well-established field within the mathematical sciences community. Every four years there is an ...