Recent Articles

  1. Visualizing and Understanding the Chain Rule in Calculus, (submitted).
  2. Buffonery in the Math Classroom, (submitted).
  3. Exploring Logarithms with Fractional Bases, The MathMATYC Educator,(to appear).
  4. Visualizing Exponential and Logarithmic Identities Using Dynamic Software, The MathMATYC Educator, (to appear).
  5. Using Moving Averages to Find Trends in Data, The MathMATYC Educator, 2023.
  6. Exploring Tangentoidal Functions, MathAMATYC Educator, 2023.
  7. Visualizing and Understanding P-Values in Hypothesis Testing Using Dynamic Software, MathAMATYC Educator, 2022.
  8. Incorporating Statistics into College Algebra, Int’l J of Tech in Math Education, 2021.
  9. Visualizing and Understanding Sampling Distributions with Dynamic Software, Int’l J of Tech in Math Education, 2019.
  10. Visualizing and Understanding Regression and Correlation Using Dynamic Software, Int’l J of Tech in Math Education, 2018.
  11. Visualizing and Understanding Hypothesis Testing Using Dynamic Software, PRIMUS, 2018.
  12. Visualizing and Understanding Confidence Intervals Using Dynamic Software, Math and Computer Education, 2016.
  13. Integrating Statistics Into College Algebra to Serve the Needs of Students in Biology, in Undergraduate Mathematics for the Life Sciences: Processes, Models, Assessment, and Directions , Ledder, Glenn, Jenna Carpenter, and Tim Comar, Eds., MAA Notes, 2013.
  14. Why Conceptual Understanding is Important in College Algebra, Vision Potential, 2011.
  15. Is Calculus Possible After Reform College Algebra?, Vision Potential, 2011.
  16. On the Statistics of a Function, Int’l J of Math Education in Science and Technology, 2009.
  17. Visualizing and Understanding Probability and Statistics: Graphical Simulations Using Excel, PRIMUS, 2009.
  18. Using the Sum of the Squares, Mathematics and Computer Education, 2008.
  19. What Does the Slope Mean?, Primus, 2007.
  20. Discovering the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus using Data Analysis, The Mathematics Teacher, 2007.
  21. What Does Conceptual Understanding Mean? The AMATYC Review, 2006.
  22. Assessing What Students Learn: Reform versus Traditional Precalculus and Follow-up Calculus, in A Fresh Start for Collegiate Mathematics: Rethinking the Road Toward Calculus, Nancy Baxter Hastings, ed, MAA Notes, 2006.
  23. The Functioning in the Real World Project, in A Fresh Start for Collegiate Mathematics: Rethinking the Preparation for Calculus, Nancy Baxter Hastings, Ed., MAA Notes, 2006.
  24. Deriving the Linear Regression Equations Using Algebra, Mathematics and Computer Education, 2004.
  25. Deriving the Quadratic Regression Equations Using Algebra, Mathematics and Computer Education, 2004.
  26. Using Data Analysis to Motivate Derivative Formulas, Mathematics and Computer Education, 2002.
  27. Using Data Analysis to Discover the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, PRIMUS, 2003.
  28. What Students Learn: Mathematical Modeling vs. Traditional Precalculus, Proc 13th Int’l Conf on Tech in Collegiate Math, Addison-Wesley, 2003.
  29. A Spoonful of Medicine Makes the Mathematics Go Down, AMATYC Review , 2002.
  30. What Does the Slope Mean?, PRIMUS, 2001.
  31. Preparing Students Mathematically for the Twenty First Century, Proc 4th Int’l Conf on Mathematics Education, 2000.
  32. Using Real-World Data in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics, Proc 11th Int’l Conf on Tech in Collegiate Math, Addison-Wesley, 2000.
  33. Functioning in the Real World: A PreCalculus Experience. The Math Modeling/ PreCalculus Reform Project, in Exemplary Programs in Introductory College Mathematics, Susan Lenker, Ed., Annenberg/CPB INPUT Competition, MAA Notes, 1999.
  34. Linking Mathematics and Physics via a Classroom Demonstration, PRIMUS, 1999.
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