Balancing Structure and Creativity in Culminating Projects for Liberal Arts Mathematics

• Autores: Reva Kasman
• Localización: Primus: problems, resources, and issues in mathematics undergraduate studies, ISSN 1051-1970, Vol. 24, Nº. 6, 2014, págs. 480-490
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Liberal arts mathematics courses can provide non-majors the opportunity to connect mathematical topics with areas of personal interest. This article describes two end-of-unit writing assignments (on voting and graph theory) that have been structured so that each student is able to synthesize course material in a unique way, while ensuring a consistent level of depth and efficient assessment for the instructor. Students are free to choose the context for their project, but they must incorporate a �skeleton� of data that is common to the entire class.