Detailed Instructions
The Read and Reflect activities are designed to be posted as discussions in your Learning Management System and completed by students asynchronously, one discussion per week for the first four weeks of class.
The Alternative/Optional/Additional Assignment is designed to be completed and submitted as an individual homework assignment. Some articles/chapters may not provide answers to all of the posted questions.
Read the following article:
Grad student solves math problem that stumped experts for 50 years
1. Post a statement or idea from this article that resonates with you. Explain why you chose it.
2. Read and reflect on a group member's post and write a supportive comment that specifically refers to what they wrote in their post.
Read the following article:
John Urschel tackles his lifelong balance of math and football
1. Post a statement or idea from this article that resonates with you. Explain why you chose it.
2. Read and reflect on a group member's post and write a supportive comment that specifically refers to what they wrote in their post.
Read the following article:
Life in Absolute Values
1. Post a statement or idea from this article that resonates with you. Explain why you chose it.
2. Read and reflect on a group member's post and write a supportive comment that specifically refers to what they wrote in their post.
Read the following article:
Spotlight on Freda Porter
1. Post a statement or idea from this article that resonates with you. Explain why you chose it.
2. Read and reflect on a group member's post and write a supportive comment that specifically refers to what they wrote in their post.
Select a mathematician from one of the resources below (or request permission from your professor to use another resource).
- Lathisms: Latinx and Hispanic mathematicians showcase
- Mathematically Gifted and Black
- Living Proof: Stories of Resilience Along the Mathematical Journey (Part II)
Read the article/chapter about your selected mathematician. Submit your answers to the following questions.
- What source did you use?
- What is your mathematician's name?
- Why did you select this mathematician?Â
- What is/are your mathematician’s main area(s) of interest/research?
- Describe who or what influenced your mathematician to pursue mathematics.
- Describe one challenge that your mathematician has faced.
- What is something about your mathematician that resonates with you? Why?
- Was your mathematician mentored by someone in their life, or have they mentored others? If so, how?
- Have you had someone who has mentored you in your life? If so, how have they impacted you? If not, how has that impacted you?
