http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:24:53 PDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:24:53 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=491812 In addition to teaching courses for math majors, Dr. Sutherland teaches math courses that act as service courses for many departments within the University. These courses are typically taught with multiple lecturers covering the same material in lectures sized between 35 and 260, with total enrollments of up to 1000 students. There are unique challenges to teaching these courses since students are often only present to fulfill general education requirements and mathematics is not a specific interest for them. Scott discusses the pros and cons of integrating discipline specific examples into his classes. He uses multiple digital video cameras to capture the development of math problems on the classroom blackboards and interactive software to show dynamically the effects of changing formulae and values on structures etc. Dr. Sutherland also uses a web based homework management system called WebAssign and has found that the use of clickers has had a significant effect of the performance of his students.Stony Brook University TLT website:https://tlt.stonybrook.edu/FacultyServices/IiE/Lists/Show%20List/DispForm.aspx?ID=29&Source=https%3A%2F%2Ftlt.stonybrook.edu%2FFacultyServices%2FIiE%2FLists%2FShow%2520List%2FSelect%2520Show.aspx http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=504408 This lesson plan is geared towards third graders. It is a comprehensive lesson plan that deals with Probability. The lesson objective for the students would be to find if an event is likely, unlikely, certain, or impossible. This lesson plan is a modified version of Lesson 2 in the Probability Chapter of the Houghton Mifflin Mathematics Textbook. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=504906 A+Click Math Self-study Tests and Skill Assessment for Grade 1 to Grade 12. It includes more than 1000 challenging problems and answers and tons of illustrations. The practice tests adapt to student ability. This website has a graduated set of problems, starting from very simple, to quite difficult. To progress to a new level, you have to answer five consecutive questions correctly. The questions are appropriate to elementary students; almost any second grader could answer the easiest. This is a good assessment test without being insulting or frustrating. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=574947 This STAIR was designed as a review of formulas as mathematical models (Algebra I). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=683198 'CalcMadeEasy is versatile app which makes it easy to do financial planning/decision making, scientific/mathematical calculations, unit conversions and notes. It’s like 4 apps in 1 at one low price, NO extra packages or templates to purchase later. Once start using this, you won’t go to other calculator. It has easy to use tab based interface for easy navigation, built-in auto-note taking capabilities which will automatically record you calculations.Salient Features-**Financial Calculations: Useful tool to help you in financial decision making and planning.- Planning for new home or car -or- just trying to save money by refinancing current loan?- Amortization schedule generation for loan to understand detail portions of payments.- Want to know how much home or car you can afford?- Want to know how much you need to save monthly to achieve long term monetary goal?- Check how much interest you are going to pay over the period of loan.- And much more... With auto-note taking option, all inputs and output can be noted and can be shared with others to make better decisions/planning.1. Automobile: Auto Loan, Auto Affordability, Loan vs Lease, Cash back vs Low interest.2. Business: Margin, Markup, Selling price and Cost calculations.3. General: Tip, Shopping Discount.4. Investment: Bond Calculator, Present value, Future value, Rate of Return5. Mortgage: Loan, Advanced Loan, Affordability, Refinance6. Saving: Saving, Saving Goal'This app costs $0.99 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=415781 A study measuring the connection between biological scenarios and mathematical models. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=490620 Dr Hammond discusses how writing is assessed at Stony Brook and how this assessment has evolved from assessing only the student’s end product to assessing the writing process and the growth of the student’s skills. Portfolio collection, which began at Stony Brook in the late 1970s, has enabled students to gather evidence of this progression. The faculty in the Writing Program work with their students to prepare the students’ portfolios for an external grader (other faculty within the department). Portfolios enable the faculty member to take on a coaching role rather than a grader. The students’ portfolios are judged to check students’ mastery of research skills, organizational skills, paragraphing skills, grammatical and punctuation skills, and choosing an appropriate tone of voice for academic discourse. Portfolios can of course span multiple courses and semesters, enabling students to present their best work to a prospective employer. Electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) allow the students to save material and selectively share components of the portfolio with different audiences.Gene also discusses how writing can help students to understand any subject – even mathematics. He encourages the use writing both to increase and to measure students’ understanding of material in all courses on campus. The Writing Program’s Writing Center staff (tutors) will help students work on their papers in all classes on campus so that faculty across the campus can concentrate on encouraging the best writing habits for their specific disciplines. Gene is joined by Nancy Wozniak who discusses different types and applications of portfolios.