Bridge Project -- PNWMAA 2004 Mini-Course

BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN MATHEMATICS AND THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Tevian Dray

The key to bridging the gap between mathematics and the physical sciences is geometric reasoning. This minicourse will introduce participants to the art of teaching geometric reasoning, emphasizing, but not limited to, vectors and vector calculus. Participants will use and discuss open-ended group activities intended to foster geometric reasoning, which have been developed as part of the NSF-funded Vector Calculus Bridge project at Oregon State University.

• This MiniCourse will be offered as part of the Pacific Northwest MAA 2004 summer meeting, in Anchorage, AK. Further details will be posted here as soon as available. Registration should be done directly with the PNWMAA; further information is available at the following websites:
  • meeting homepage
  • Registration

For further information about the minicourse itself, please contact:

Tevian Dray

Department of Mathematics

Oregon State University

Corvallis, OR 97331

tevian@math.oregonstate.edu

A copy of (most of) the slides used during the minicourse are available at this link (password required).
Additional slides can be found here and here; these slides were excerpted from this talk.