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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: 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: 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: 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: Discovering Inheritance through a Popular Video GameDepartment(s) or Field(s): Computer Science, Mathematics, StatisticsAuthors: Terry Mason, Diane Christie, Radi Teleb, Bruce Johnson, University of Wisconsin – StoutSubmission Date: Spring … Continue reading Computer Science: Discovering Inheritance through a Popular Video Game