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Topic: Helping students understand ‘connections’ between physics and biologyDiscipline(s) or Field(s): Physics, BiologyAuthors: Shusaku Horibe, Bret Underwood, Peter Timbie, University of Wisconsin – Madison.Submission Date: June 17, 2008Executive… Continue reading Physics and Biology: Helping students understand their ‘connections’
Title: Capstone Lab in Rocket DesignDiscipline(s) or Field(s): Chemistry, PhysicsAuthors: Douglas Weittenhiller, Robert Koch, University of Wisconsin – Baraboo/Sauk CountySubmission Date: August 17, 2007 General Physics l & ll is the calculus base… Continue reading Chemistry and Physics: Capstone Lab in Rocketry Design
Title: Assessment of communication skills and the change in knowledge and valuing of Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistant students through completion of one interactive labDiscipline(s) or Field(s): Physical TherapyAuthors: Erin Hus… Continue reading Physical Therapy: Assessing Communication Skills via Interactive Lab
Title: Doing PhenomenologyDiscipline(s) or Field(s): PhilosophyAuthors: Eric Kraemer, Ken Maly, Sheri Ross, University of Wisconsin – La CrosseSubmission Date: January 24, 2006 Objective: Introduce Phenomenology as a Philosophical MethodStudent Le… Continue reading Philosophy: Phenomenology and Logical Forms
Title: Freshman Seminar in Nursing: Learning about Nursing HistoryDiscipline(s) or Field(s): NursingAuthors: Elizabeth Devine, Susan Fontana,. Florence Selder, Laurie Glass, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeSubmission Date: January 30, 2007 Execut… Continue reading Nursing: Learning About Nursing History
Title: Teaching Civic Engagement: Exploring Gendered Ideas about Leadership in Women’s StudiesDiscipline(s) or Field(s): Women’s Studies, Ethnic Studies, Business, Education, History, Political Science, EnglishAuthors: Lauren Smith, Ellie Schemena… Continue reading Women’s Studies: Civic Engagement and Exploring Gendered Ideas about Leadership
Title: Establishing Trigonometric IdentitiesDiscipline(s) or Field(s): MathematicsAuthors: Kavita Bhatia, Jinbo Lu, LaVerne Harrison, University of Wisconsin – Marshfield/Wood CountySubmission Date: January 1, 2011 Executive SummaryOur goal was to… Continue reading Mathematics: Establishing Trigonometric Identities
Title: The Mathematics of Credit Cards (as an application of exponential equations)Discipline(s) or Field(s): MathematicsAuthors: Kirthi Premadasa, Paul Martin, Clare Hemenway, University of Wisconsin-Marathon CountySubmission Date: December 14, 2… Continue reading Mathematics: Credit Cards as an Application of Exponential Equations
Topic: Arc length of a curve as an Application of IntegrationDiscipline(s) or Field(s): MathematicsAuthors: Kavita Bhatia, University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County & Kirthi Premadasa, UW-Marathon CountySubmission Date: March 30, 2010 Lesson … Continue reading Mathematics: Arc Length of a Curve as an Application of Integration
Title: Introduction to Partial Derivatives in a Business Calculus CourseDiscipline(s) or Field(s): MathematicsAuthors: Erick Hofacker, Ioana Ghenciu, Don Leake, Alexandru Tupan, University of Wisconsin-River FallsSubmission Date: March 2, 2009Exec… Continue reading Mathematics: Intro to Partial Derivatives in a Business Calculus Course
Title: Simple and Compound Interest in Investment ContextsDiscipline(s) or Field(s): MathematicsAuthors: Kathryn Ernie, Laurel Langford, and Erick Hofacker, University of Wisconsin-River FallsSubmission Date: March 2, 2009 Executive SummaryOur mai… Continue reading Mathematics: Simple and Compound Interest in Investment Contexts
TItle: Calculating the Distance Between a Point and a Line – by Hand and Using TI-89/TI-Voyage 200 Calculator TechnologyDiscipline(s) or Field(s): MathematicsAuthors: Theresa Adsit, James Meyer, Gary Wardall, University of Wiscnsin-Green BaySubmis… Continue reading Mathematics: Calculating the Distance Between a Point and a Line
Title: Rolle’s Theorem and the Mean Value TheoremDiscipline(s) or Field(s): Mathematics, Statistics, Computer ScienceAuthors: Joy Becker, Petre Ghenciu, Matt Horak, Helen Schroeder, University of Wisconsin-StoutSubmission Date: April 1, 2008 Execu… Continue reading Mathematics: Rolle’s Theorem and the Mean Value Theorem
Title: Interpretation of Confidence LevelsDiscipline(s) or Field(s): Mathematics, StatisticsAuthors: Jeff Baggett, Brooke Fridley, David Reineke, University of Wisconsin – La CrosseSubmission Date: June 9, 2006Report Excerpts: Our group decided to… Continue reading Statistics: Interpretation of Confidence Intervals
Title: The “Perfect” Related Rates Lesson: A lesson study in calculusDiscipline(s) or Field(s): MathematicsAuthors: Joy Becker, Christopher Bendel, Petre Ghenciu, Laura Schmidt, Radi Teleb, University of Wisconsin – StoutSubmission Date: February … Continue reading Mathematics: Related Rates in Calculus
Title: Lesson Study in Exploring Difficulties with Combining Rational ExpressionsDiscipline(s) or Field(s): MathematicsAuthors: Laura Schmidt and Diane Christie, University of Wisconsin-StoutSubmission Date: February 28, 2007Executive SummaryLearn… Continue reading Mathematics: Exploring Difficulties with Combining Rational Expressions
Topic: Rate of Change in Context: a Lesson Study in Calculus at the University of Wisconsin at River FallsDiscipline(s) or Field(s): MathematicsAuthors: Laurel Langford, Alexandru Tupan, Ioana Ghenciu, Don Leake, University of Wisconsin – River Fa… Continue reading Mathematics: Rate of Change in Context
Title: It depends on what “mean” means: a lesson study on sampling distributionsDiscipline(s) or Field(s): StatisticsAuthors: Abdulaziz Elfessi, Heather Hulett, Dan Nordman, University of Wisconsin – La CrosseSubmission Date: August 29, 2006 Execu… Continue reading Mathematics: Statistical Inference of Means
Topic: Teaching Library Information Literacy Skills to Students Enolled in an Introductory Communication Course: A Collaborative StudyDiscipline(s) or Field(s): Library & Communication StudiesAuthors: Galadriel Chilton, Michael Current, Jenifer Ho… Continue reading Library and Communication Studies: Information Literacy Skills
Title: An Interdisciplinary Lesson Plan to Foster Student EngagementDiscipline(s) or Field(s): InterdisciplinaryAuthors: Denise Bartell, Scott Furlong, Regan A. R. Gurung, Andrew E. Kersten, Georjeanna Wilson-Doenges, University of Wisconsin – Gre… Continue reading Interdisciplinary Problem Solving