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PCAS Expansion, Growth, Research, and SIGCSE 2024 Presentations

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Several of these courses are collaborations with other departments, like our Discovery classes with Physics, Biophysics, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Linguistics. Research in PCAS We’re starting to publish some of what we’re learning from PCAS. This semester, I’m teaching two brand new courses.

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UCLA Life Sciences Revamped How It Teaches Math. Is It an Example Others Should Follow?

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This ultimately led to a new introductory life sciences math course, Mathematics for Life Sciences (the LS 30 series). The need for biology students to understand math concepts has become increasingly important, especially with the digital revolution sweeping across science.

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Can mathematics keep our food safe to eat?

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Can mathematics keep our food safe to eat? Published: Keeping germs out of our food is a constant battle, but mathematical modelling can help us trace contamination and stop the spread. Her research is keeping our food safe to eat by modelling the spread of a bacteria called Listeria. How does Listeria get into our food?

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Colleges Can Make Calculus a Gateway — Not a Gatekeeper — to STEM Fields

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Positive student-faculty rapport also plays a central role in students’ success in mathematics. In fact, two of the three main factors in good calculus teaching, according to a study from the Mathematical Association of America , center on those relationships, not actual math content.

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Dental discoveries: How is dental research improving oral health?

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Dental discoveries: How is dental research improving oral health? Dental scientists at the Iowa Institute of Oral Health Research at the University of Iowa , USA, are studying various aspects of oral health and healthcare, to improve dental practices and keep our teeth and mouths healthy. How do bacteria cause periodontitis?

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What should mathematics majors know about computing, and when should they know it?

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

In the original article, I gave a list of what computing skills mathematics majors should learn and when they should learn them. If anything, over the past seven years, my feelings about the centrality of computing in the mathematics major have gotten even more entrenched. and then somewhat sparingly.

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Evidence Is Mounting That Calculus Should Be Changed. Will Instructors Heed It?

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Calculus is a critical on-ramp to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Researchers tapped alternative models of calculus teaching that have shown evidence that they work, according to Kramer. Students majoring in biology saw the biggest bump.) But eventually, they get it. “[The

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