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S
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rojects
Ch 1
1
Pick a course and look through the syllabus for a mathematical idea you have not yet covered
(e.g., balancing a equation in chemistry). Complete the following steps:
1.
Read the material connected with this idea.
2.
Create the critical thinking questions and locate the models so you can use the LPM steps 9 and 10.
3.
Challenge yourself now to teach this idea to members of your class so they can understand it.
4.
Locate some problems that would be on the test for this topic and convince yourself that you can
solve any of these problems.
5.
Solve the hardest problem you can design.
6.
What did you learn about learning mathematics from this quantitative reasoning and problem
solving project?
Notes
2
Pick a challenging article or publication from your library that involves some interesting aspect
of science. In reading this article, find some numbers that don’t make sense to you, initially. Your
job is to do the mathematical learning, investigation, and critical thinking so that you can then
teach others what these numbers mean. Keep a journal of how you accomplish this so that you
can follow your own steps in helping others learn what these numbers mean (teaching them).
Compare your process to the methodologies contained in this chapter. Finish this project by doing
a comparison of your process similarities and differences from the processes in this chapter.
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