SIMIODE Colleague, Chris McCarthy, Receives Distinguished Teaching Award at Borough of Manhattan Community College Entry #155 25 Apr 2019 10:42 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments The annual Distinguished Teaching Awards at Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) celebrate faculty for their scholarship and research, their leadership and inspiration to their peers, and their innovative pedagogy that yields clear evidence of student learning gains. The...
Women abound in mathematics . . no bounds Entry #154 20 Apr 2019 1:58 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments Years ago in the mid 1970's I had a remarkable young woman in my calculus class. There were not that many women in calculus classes then. She told me that she chose mathematics because, “No one expected anything of me.” She was a breath of fresh air, arriving on the first day...
2019 MERLOT Mathematics Classics Award for SIMIODE Entry #153 14 Apr 2019 11:51 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments We were pleased to get notice that SIMIODE was the winner of the 2019 MERLOT Mathematics Classics Award. The MERLOT Mathematics Editorial Board has this to say about the Learning Material: SIMIODE has a vast collection of materials in differential equations including reading materials, videos,...
Special Issue of the CODEE Journal, "Linking Differential Equations to Social Justice and Environmental Concerns" Entry #152 10 Apr 2019 11:58 am Brian Winkel 0 comments From the Foreward, by Karen Allen Keene, to Special Issue of the CODEE Journal, "Linking Differential Equations to Social Justice and Environmental Concerns," a Special Issue of the CODEE Online Journal Volume 12, Issue 1, 2019 In honor of its founder, Professor Robert...
Teachers are designers of meaningful experiences for their students (and themselves!) Entry #151 08 Apr 2019 12:23 am Brian Winkel 0 comments My son, Doan Winkel, who teachers entrepreneurship t John Carroll University in Cleveland Heights OH US posted this recently, "'There’s so much research in education right now that talks about how students won’t understand something unless they can place it within the...
Leveraging the Mathematical Contest in Modeling to Enhance the Undergraduate STEM Experience Entry #150 02 Apr 2019 2:50 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments "Leveraging the Mathematical Contest in Modeling to Enhance the Undergraduate STEM Experience," by Kamila Larripa and Borbala Mazzag, Humboldt State University, Arcata CA USA, is an article which will be appearing in a forthcoming issue of the journal PRIMUS - Problems, Resources, and...
Remaking Education - Long View, but Starting Now Entry #149 01 Apr 2019 12:34 pm Brian Winkel 0 comments Norman’s Notes On 1 April 2019 Norman L. Fortenberry, ASEE Executive Director (ASEE is American Society for Engineering Education) sent out under his title "Norman's Notes" the following message. I highlight sections I believe are particularly pertinent to our work in...