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International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology

2012 Volume 43, Number 4

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Number of articles: 14

  1. Assessment of Factors Impacting Success for Incoming College Engineering Students in a Summer Bridge Program

    John R. Reisel, Marissa Jablonski, Hossein Hosseini & Ethan Munson

    A summer bridge program for incoming engineering and computer science freshmen has been used at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 2007 to 2010. The primary purpose of this program has been... More

    pp. 421-433

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  2. Measuring Student Learning Using Initial and Final Concept Test in an STEM Course

    Autar Kaw & Ali Yalcin

    Effective assessment is a cornerstone in measuring student learning in higher education. For a course in Numerical Methods, a concept test was used as an assessment tool to measure student learning... More

    pp. 435-448

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  3. Tour of a Simple Trigonometry Problem

    Kin-Keung Poon

    This article focuses on a simple trigonometric problem that generates a strange phenomenon when different methods are applied to tackling it. A series of problem-solving activities are discussed,... More

    pp. 449-461

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  4. Mathematicians' Perspectives on Their Pedagogical Practice with Respect to Proof

    Keith Weber

    In this article, nine mathematicians were interviewed about their why and how they presented proofs in their advanced mathematics courses. Key findings include that: (1) the participants in this... More

    pp. 463-482

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  5. A Complementary Measure of Heterogeneity on Mathematical Skills

    Eugenio M. Fedriani & Rafael Moyano

    Finding educational truths is an inherently multivariate problem. There are many factors affecting each student and their performances. Because of this, both measuring of skills and assessing... More

    pp. 483-497

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  6. Ask Marilyn in the Mathematics Classroom: Probability Questions

    Francis J. Vasko

    Since 1986, Marilyn Vos Savant, who is listed in the "Guinness Book of World Records Hall of Fame" for the highest IQ, has had a weekly column that is published in "Parade Magazine." In this column... More

    pp. 499-503

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  7. Sequence Factorial and Its Applications

    Muniru A. Asiru

    In this note, we introduce sequence factorial and use this to study generalized M-bonomial coefficients. For the sequence of natural numbers, the twin concepts of sequence factorial and generalized... More

    pp. 504-510

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  8. On the Construction of Involutory Rhotrices

    S Usaini

    An involutory matrix is a matrix that is its own inverse. Such matrices are of great importance in matrix theory and algebraic cryptography. In this note, we extend this involution to rhotrices and... More

    pp. 510-515

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  9. Parametric Improper Integrals, Wallis Formula and Catalan Numbers

    Thierry Dana-Picard & David G. Zeitoun

    We present a sequence of improper integrals, for which a closed formula can be computed using Wallis formula and a non-straightforward recurrence formula. This yields a new integral presentation... More

    pp. 515-520

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  10. A Thing of Beauty Is a Joy for Ever

    V K. Srinivasan

    Three unheralded results, two in Coordinate Geometry and the other in Plane Geometry, provide three proofs of a theorem dubbed by this author as "The Fundamental Theorem". The above theorem offers ... More

    pp. 521-538

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  11. A Note on Morley's Triangle Theorem

    Nancy Mueller, Mohan Tikoo & Haohao Wang

    In this note, we offer a proof of a variant of Morley's triangle theorem, when the exterior angles of a triangle are trisected. We also offer a generalization of Morley's theorem when angles of an ... More

    pp. 538-548

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  12. Slip and Slide Method of Factoring Trinomials with Integer Coefficients over the Integers

    William A. Donnell

    In intermediate and college algebra courses there are a number of methods for factoring quadratic trinomials with integer coefficients over the integers. Some of these methods have been given names... More

    pp. 548-553

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  13. Pythagorean Fibonacci Patterns

    A G. Shannon & J V. Leyendekkers

    This article re-considers some interrelations among Pythagorean triads and various Fibonacci identities and their generalizations, with some accompanying questions to provoke further development by... More

    pp. 554-559

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  14. Self-Replicating Quadratics

    Christopher S. Withers & Saralees Nadarajah

    We show that there are exactly four quadratic polynomials, Q(x) = x [superscript 2] + ax + b, such that (x[superscript 2] + ax + b) (x[superscript 2] - ax + b) = (x[superscript 4] + ax[superscript ... More

    pp. 559-561

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