The Case for Writing in Math Classes

Students today often classify themselves as being either math and science enthusiasts or liberal arts and humanities aficionados. Of course, there may be a small group of people who express an interest in all areas, but a person’s academic focus is typically…

The Use of Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) in Senior Mathematics

I didn’t introduce CAS to generate better results; I did it to prepare my students for the world as it is, not as it was.

Bridging the Digital Divide with the Computational Thinking Initiative

Bridging the digital divide is about more than providing students with technology… [it] requires helping people develop digital…

A Brief Background to Computational Thinking

Computational thinking is not a new idea, but it is one that would benefit from having more information about how to successfully bring the concept into the…

2D & 3D Modeling with Mathematica

This activity is designed for use with an 11 Mathematics B class prior to them having been…

Programming a Finance Calculator in Mathematica

STEM Education and Social Media

There are many important educational dilemmas facing our country today. The advent of social media and the ever-widening influence of the Internet have changed our education norms in both positive and negative ways. Social media has spawned expanded access to information…

Fourier Series in the K-12 classroom

Admittedly, Fourier analysis goes a bit beyond a high school STEM…

Interactive Visualizations for Effective Math Teaching

Build Your Own Conversion Tool

Go to your favorite web browser and type “unit converter.” You’ll see an in-browser app that looks similar to these and lets you select different types of measurements and the different units to convert between. Now you can play around with the different units and…