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Peer reviewedBerry, John; Nyman, Melvin A. – Primus, 1998
Describes the outcomes of an intensive one-month mathematical modeling course and the use of posters in peer assessment of student work. (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Mathematical Models
Developing Transferable Skills in Undergraduate Mathematics Students through Mathematical Modelling.
Peer reviewedNyman, Melvin A.; Berry, John – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 2002
Discusses certain transferable skills and a strategy for developing them via an intensive short course on mathematical modeling. Includes student reactions and comments on the course. Suggests that this course developed modeling as well as generic skills through teaching, learning, and assessment style. (Author/KHR)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Design, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedBerry, John; Houston, Ken – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1995
Surveys the use of poster sessions with undergraduates in a mathematical modeling course, outlines the rationale for using posters with mathematics students, and describes experiences and proposes criteria to use in the assessment of student posters. (12 references) (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedBerry, John; Nyman, Melvin A. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2002
Discusses a team-oriented formal testing method used in a mathematical modeling course taught during the Alma College intensive spring term. Asks the question, If a collaborative teaching method is used, how does one assess students' acquisition of problem-solving and mathematical-thinking skills? (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Evaluation, Higher Education, Mathematical Models
Peer reviewedMaull, Wendy; Berry, John – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 2001
Observes four groups of mathematics undergraduates carrying out a mathematical modeling exercise of a familiar physical process (the cooling of a cup of hot water). Indicates that students neither took the time to reflect upon the physical process nor to reflect on the appropriateness of the model they produced. Recommends that classroom…
Descriptors: Heat, Higher Education, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Education
