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Title: Developing Students’ Thought Processes for Choosing Appropriate Statistical MethodsDiscipline(s) or Field(s): Research Methods, StatisticsAuthors: Elizabeth Knowles and James Murray, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin – La Cro… Continue reading Economics: Student Thought Processes For Choosing Appropriate Statistical Methods
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: 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