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CAMT 2012 Presentation

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Please read my previous post on Serving Through Statistics for a summary of the concept behind this class project. Below you will find the presentation that I gave at CAMT 2012 over this project as well as links to resources and project details.

Click the image above for the complete PowerPoint presentation on “Serving Through Statistics.”

Service-Learning Resources:

Mathematics Resources from the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse

An Introduction to Statistics Syllabus with a Service Component

The journal PRIMUS announces an issue dedicated to service-learning resources

General Project-Based Learning Resources from Edutopia

Serving Through Statistics Project Components:

Overview of Serving Through Statistics on the Navasota ISD Teaching and Learning Blog

My initial proposal to students on the idea of a service-learning project (much borrowed from the Intro to Stat syllabus linked above)

Voting form for subject of project and project managers

Proposal developed by project managers

Initial article on the project in the Navasota paper

Survey on Google Forms: English Version   Spanish Version

Results from Google Forms

Presentation Students Gave to Navasota ISD School Board

Presentation Students Gave to Navasota City Council

Publication of results in the Navasota paper

Student Self-Evaluation Form

Project Manager Evaluation Form

Guidelines for Final Write-Up

Mathematics Through the Eyes of Faith: A Review

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I previously posted a short review of the book Mathematics Through the Eyes of Faith.

The full review is now available through the journal Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith.

Read the Review Here

 

The book Mathematics Through the Eyes of Faith is available now! Order your copy here.

PRIMUS and Service-Learning

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The following announcement was sent out to members of the Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences:

The journal  PRIMUS announces a special issue on Service-Learning. Kelly Black, Karl-Dieter Crisman, and Dick Jardine will be guest editing the special issue, inspired by a MAA Contributed Paper Session on this topic at the Joint Meetings in 2011.

Service-Learning connects service to the community with academically-based learning. This is a growing concern on college campuses, sometimes even a mandate, but the mathematical sciences are often seen as a more challenging environment to bring service into the classroom.  In particular, there are only a few resources widely available on this topic specifically geared toward collegiate mathematics.  This PRIMUS special issue aims to provide a significant addition to this literature, with a number of tested ideas in a single volume as a pedagogical resource.

We are calling for papers describing and evaluating innovative and successful service-learning ideas in the mathematical sciences, at all levels and in all topics.  Papers should explicitly address how the service connects to learning the mathematical content of the course, as well as any non-mathematical outcomes.  These may include modeling or statistics courses, but we especially encourage submissions involving non-major courses or non-`applied’ major courses.

Submissions will be welcomed until March 31, 2012.  Papers for this special issue will normally be around 10 pages long, although there is some flexibility.  Supplementary materials, such as appendices and color illustrations, may be published in the online version.

We also extend a call for referees for this special issue, especially those who have some experience with or significant interest in service-learning.

For more information, please contact:

Special Issue Guest Editors:

Karl-Dieter Crisman,  karl.crisman <at> gordon <dot> edu
Kelly Black,  kjblack <at> gmail <dot> com
Dick Jardine,  rjardine <at> keene <dot> edu

PRIMUS-Problems, Resources, Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies-is a refereed journal published by Taylor and Francis.  See http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10511970.asp  for more information.

PRIMUS Editor-in -Chief

Jo Ellis-Monaghan, jellis-monaghan <at> smcvt <dot> edu