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Voting Models (Modeling Module)

The context for this module is voting systems. This module begins with a short Preliminary Reading, Electing a Speake...

Consortium 124, Spring/Summer 2023

Table of Contents: From the Editor’s Desk: Catherine Roberts to Join COMAP Student Research Corner: Boxes Geomete...

UMAP Journal 44.1 Spring 2023 Edition

Table of Contents Guest Editorial How Relevant is Pure Mathematics in a Computational World? Articles What Can Par...

Could These Bones Be Amelia Earhart's? (Modeling Module)

In this module, students create models for predicting human stature from bone lengths. The goal for the development o...

It’s an Electrifying Idea! (Student)

What Is Computational Thinking? Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...

Heart Transplants and the NFL Draft (Student)

What Is Computational Thinking? Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...

Network Capacity (Student)

What Is Computational Thinking? Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...

Tomography: A Geometric and Computational Approach (Student)

What Is Computational Thinking? Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...

Cryptography: Lqwurgxfwlrq wr Fubswrjudskb (Cryptography: Introduction to Cryptography) (Student)

What Is Computational Thinking? Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...

Fair and Stable Matching (Student)

What Is Computational Thinking? Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...

Polynomiography: Visual Displays of Solutions to Polynomial Equations (Student)

What Is Computational Thinking? Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...

The Analysis of Games (Student)

What Is Computational Thinking? Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...

Competition or Collusion? Game Theory in Sports, Business, and Life (Student)

What Is Computational Thinking? Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...

Gently Down the Stream: The Mathematics of Streaming Information (Student)

What Is Computational Thinking? Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...

Recursion (Student)

What Is Computational Thinking? Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...

Your Data and Your Privacy: Do you know what “they” can tell about you? (Student)

What Is Computational Thinking? Computational thinking is a high-level thought process that considers the world in ...

Invasive Species A Module in Planning for Sustainability (Student)

About This Module: This module focuses on the role of non-native species in ecosystems. Students explore local exam...

Life on the Edge – Habitat Fragmentation (Student)

About This Module: Sustainability is forward-looking, and natural resources are finite. Planning for sustainability ...

NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) (Student)

About This Module: Not in My Backyard explores how to consider social and environmental justice when making decisio...

Passive Solar (Student)

About This Module: This module is written to be taught in one week of class time and is separated into five lessons...

Urban Sustainability (Student)

About This Module: Urban Sustainability introduces basic concepts in the use of geographic information systems (GIS...

Water Games Applying Game Theory to the Sustainable Use of Water (And Other Natural Resources) (Student)

About This Module: Water Games uses concepts drawn from mathematical game theory to model competition for water and...

Weather Generators (Student)

About This Module: This module is written to be taught in roughly one week to one and one-half weeks of class time,...

Ecosystem Services The Multiple Values of a Forest (Student)

Ecosystem Services immerses students in making decisions on forest resource management. The module introduces stude...

Going Batty Modeling White Nose Syndrome in Bats (Student)

Introduction to “Going Batty”: Disease looms large in our world today and students are faced with challenging que...

Where Is the Water Going? (Student)

About this module: Historically water has been taken for granted, especially in humid areas like the southeastern ...

Modeling Packaging (Modeling Module)

The context for this module is modeling packaging of products and determining measures of efficiency for package desi...

Modeling Botpaths with Linear Functions (Modeling Module)

COMAP presents a series of modules designed for teaching mathematics through the modeling of real-world phenomena. Mo...

Modeling Pooled-Sample Testing, Part I (Modeling Module)

COMAP presents a series of modules designed for teaching mathematics through the modeling of real-world phenomena. Mo...

Modeling Pooled-Sample Testing, Part II (Modeling Module)

COMAP presents a series of modules designed for teaching mathematics through the modeling of real-world phenomena. Mo...

Current Issues In Mathematics Education Materials Of The American-Russian Workshop

PrefaceThe present publication comprises a collection of articles by the participants in the Russian-American worksho...

Math Trails

Part 1: Purposes and Organization of a Math TrailIntroduction 6Background and History 6Characteristics of Math Trails...

Projecting Forward: Learnings From Educational Systemic Reform

PrefaceThe National Science Foundation (NSF) initiated the design and provided the support for comprehensive complex ...

GAIMME: Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Mathematical Modeling Education 1st Edition

The shared hope and vision of the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP) and the Society for Industr...

GAIMME: Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Mathematical Modeling Education 2nd Edition

The shared hope and vision of the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP) and the Society for Industr...

GAIMME: Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Mathematical Modeling Education Spanish Edition

La esperanza y la visión compartidas del Consorcio para las Matemáticas y sus Aplicaciones (COMAP) y la Sociedad de M...

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