Maria Andersen

Don’t get WolframAlpha Implications? Try these examples.

• CAS

Don’t get WolframAlpha Implications? Try these examples.

Maria Andersen 4 June 2009

Wolfram|Alpha is a “computational search engine” built by Wolfram Research (the developers of Mathematica). W|A (pronounce this...

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Impact of Wolfram Alpha on Math Ed

• CAS

Impact of Wolfram Alpha on Math Ed

Maria Andersen 29 May 2009

I’ve had almost two weeks to think about the impact of Wolfram|Alpha (abbreviated as W|A, and now...

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Intriguing Inverses

• Algebra

Intriguing Inverses

Maria Andersen 29 May 2009

Finally, I’ve made a sequel to Funky Function Notation. Here is Intriguing Inverses. Feel free to use...

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Chemistry and WolframAlpha

• CAS

Chemistry and WolframAlpha

Maria Andersen 22 May 2009

This post highlights the potential impact of Wolfram|Alpha on the course curriculum in math and chemistry. It...

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TED: The Beautiful Mathematics of Coral Reefs

• Math for Liberal Arts

TED: The Beautiful Mathematics of Coral Reefs

Maria Andersen 18 May 2009

Margaret Wertheim speaks at TED about the beautiful mathematics of coral reefs, hyperbolic geometry, and more.  In...

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WolframAlpha Implications for Math Instructors

• CAS

WolframAlpha Implications for Math Instructors

Maria Andersen 16 May 2009

This post contains 15 screenshots from the early release of WolframAlpha that shows the implications for math...

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What if there was a Google for Math?

• CAS

What if there was a Google for Math?

Maria Andersen 15 May 2009

WolframAlpha is launched

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Tweeting for Accountability in Online Classes

• Communication

Tweeting for Accountability in Online Classes

Maria Andersen 13 May 2009

I am planning to ask my fall online calculus students to create twitter accounts in order to...

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Modern War follows a Linear Regression

• Algebra

Modern War follows a Linear Regression

Maria Andersen 11 May 2009

Just watched an amazing 7-minute TED talk from Sean Gourley on The Mathematics of War where an...

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Mathematics Instructional Practices

• Math Ed Research

Mathematics Instructional Practices

Maria Andersen 1 May 2009

What follows are ten mathematics instructional practices (MIPs) are meant to capture the nuances of the majority...

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Mathematical Algorithms and the AlloSphere

• Data Visualization

Mathematical Algorithms and the AlloSphere

Maria Andersen 20 April 2009

What is “The AlloSphere” ? Watch Stunning data visualization in the AlloSphere to find out. What you...

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Mathematics of Coercion

• College Algebra

Mathematics of Coercion

Maria Andersen 13 April 2009

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, a consultant to the CIA and DOD, uses mathematical analysis to predict the...

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Trends in Reform Instructional Strategies for Math

• Calculators

Trends in Reform Instructional Strategies for Math

Maria Andersen 9 April 2009

I spent most of the day yesterday compiling data from the last four CBMS reports to get...

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Cognitive Psychology and Math Education

• Active Learning in Math

Cognitive Psychology and Math Education

Maria Andersen 7 April 2009

In the last three weeks I’ve read or skimmed about 2,000 pages of scholarly articles about math...

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Teaching Statistics with Clickers

• Classroom Tech

Teaching Statistics with Clickers

Maria Andersen 31 March 2009

I haven’t talked a lot about clickers on this blog, mostly because there’s no easy way for...

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History of Tools in the Teaching of Math

• Calculators

History of Tools in the Teaching of Math

Maria Andersen 26 March 2009

Somewhere around hour #28 of dissertation research, I began looking for the answer to this question: Anyone...

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TeX Inventor on GoogleTalks

• Equation Editors

TeX Inventor on GoogleTalks

Maria Andersen 21 March 2009

Donald Knuth is known as the inventor of TeX (among other things). A visit to his website...

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Incremental Learning and Conceptual Development

• Math Ed Research

Incremental Learning and Conceptual Development

Maria Andersen 17 March 2009

  Today I came across this 2005 dissertation written by Elizabeth Kaczmarczyk: “The acquisition of intellectual expertise:...

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Funky function notation

• Algebra

Funky function notation

Maria Andersen 6 March 2009

At the UMD faculty workshop, one of the participants had an idea for using an Animoto video. ...

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Common Craft Explains Finance

• Algebra

Common Craft Explains Finance

Maria Andersen 25 February 2009

CommonCraft has three new videos about math (well, technically financial math). I wonder if they’ll tackle the...

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