Description The broad goals of this writing assignment are two-fold: 1) To delve deeper into the inner workings of a chosen proof and explore fundamental motivation of the chosen result. 2) To enhance student learning in the area of academic writing in the discipline of mathematics. By walking the students through a process of academic… Read more »
Description The purpose of the assignment is to have students develop and execute a research project in applied statistics using large publicly available data sets. The work of the assignment includes hypothesis generation, data visualization, statistical testing, and analysis. In addition to writing an analytic narrative of their work, students will be required to disseminate… Read more »
Description This assignment–Developing and Hosting an Online Lesson–is the signature project in the second to the last course in the Masters in Teaching and Learning with Technology program. It asks students to develop a robust educational learning module and then host it on a website. A culminating activity in the program, it is intended to… Read more »
Description This is the first of a five-part competency-based learning program for the CSULB history methods class that serves as a gateway to upper-division coursework. The five modules (lessons) were developed to introduce students to the terms, concepts, and research methods of historians. Background and Context This is the initial module (lesson) in a five-part… Read more »
Description In this two-part assignment, students are asked to prepare an oral presentation and write a paper that integrates their knowledge from their course of study in computer science, computer information systems or mathematics. The basis for these talks and papers is generally the student’s experience working on a year-long research project, a service learning… Read more »
