Accreditation
Date of this Version
2014
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Course Description
*Interdisciplinary mathematics course run in collaboration with local businesses and research centers in Lincoln to provides a real world experience
*Course design:
-teams of 3-5 students work on a semester long project
-in class they learn necessary background material
-students construct a model based on real data provided by the business collaborator; they analyze the model and draw conclusions
-at the end of the semester students write a report and give a presentation of their results for the business collaborators and the Mathematics Department (faculty and students)
Benefits for the students
Impact of the MitC program
Assessment of the program
Findings
Improving Learning
Projects
COinS
Comments
For Achievement—Centered Education (ACE 10) Faculty Inquiry Project (2013-14), University of Nebraska-Lincoln