• Innovative and Effective Ways to Teach Linear Algebra
  • David M. Strong, Pepperdine University David.Strong@pepperdine.edu
  • Gilbert Strang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • David C. Lay, University of Maryland

JMM 2011, Friday January 7, 2011

• Friday January 7, 2011, 7:20 a.m.-11:55 a.m.
  MAA Session on Innovative and Effective Ways to Teach Linear Algebra
  Rhythms I, 2nd Floor, Sheraton
  Organizers:
  David M. Strong, Pepperdine University David.Strong@pepperdine.edu
  Gilbert Strang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  David C. Lay, University of Maryland
  

  Talks from previous Joint Meetings
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• Rotations via Quaternions and Interpolation
      Paul Raymond Bouthellier, University of Pittsburgh-Titusville
• Ray-based Tomography: An application for linear algebra
      Murphy Waggoner, Simpson College
• Visualizing Discrete Dynamical Systems  
      Thomas W Polaski, Winthrop University
• A geometric view of orthogonal diagonalization of symmetric matrices
      Robert L. Sachs, George Mason University
• A nickel and dime example for motivating a variety of linear algebra concepts
      David Strong, Pepperdine University
• I am the Alpha, I am the Omega
      Aldo R Maldonado, Park University
• What Educational Portal of International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS) can do
      Kim Kyung-Won, Sungkyunkwan University
• Mobile Sage-Math for Linear Algebra and its Application
      Sang-Gu Lee, Sungkyunkwan University
• An Evaluation of Students' Experiences in a Technology-based Linear Algebra Course
      Karsten K. Schmidt, Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences, Germany
• Eigenvalues first? Teaching linear algebra with computation, then application, then theory
      Jason Grout, Drake University
• Interviews to Assess Vocabulary and Understanding
      Steven M Hetzler, Salisbury University
• Detailing an Innovative, Student-Centered Instructional Sequence that Builds from Students' Intuitive Understandings of Vector to Formal Definitions of Span and Linear Dependence
      Megan J. Wawro, San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego
• Inverting the Linear Algebra Classroom
      Robert Talbert, Franklin
• The Second Undergraduate Level Course in Linear Algebra
      Steven J Leon, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
• 
  
• 7:40 a.m.
  Ray-based Tomography: An application for linear algebra.
  Murphy Waggoner*, Simpson College
  (1067-L1-1459)
• 8:00 a.m.
  Visualizing Discrete Dynamical Systems.
  Thomas W Polaski*, Winthrop University
  (1067-L1-1523)
• 8:20 a.m.
  A geometric view of orthogonal diagonalization of symmetric matrices.
  Robert L. Sachs*, George Mason University
  (1067-L1-1615)
• 8:40 a.m.
  A nickel and dime example for motivating a variety of linear algebra concepts.
  David Strong*, Pepperdine University
  (1067-L1-413)
• 9:00 a.m.
  I am the Alpha, I am the Omega.
  Aldo R Maldonado*, Park University
  (1067-L1-868)
• 9:20 a.m.
  What Educational Portal of International Linear Algebra Society(ILAS) can do?
  Kim Kyung-Won*, Sungkyunkwan University
  Lee Sang-Gu, Sungkyunkwan University
  (1067-L1-971)
• 9:40 a.m.
  Mobile Sage-Math for Linear Algebra and its Application.
  Lee Sang-Gu*, Sungkyunkwan University
  Kim Kyung-Won, Sungkyunkwan University
  (1067-L1-972)
• 10:00 a.m.
  An Evaluation of Students' Experiences in a Technology-based Linear Algebra Course.
  Karsten K. Schmidt*, Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences, Germany
  (1067-L1-459)
• 10:20 a.m.
  Eigenvalues first? Teaching linear algebra with computation, then application, then theory.
  Jason Grout*, Drake University
  (1067-L1-1877)
• 10:40 a.m.
  Interviews to Assess Vocabulary and Understanding.
  Steven M Hetzler*, Salisbury University
  (1067-L1-2094)
• 11:00 a.m.
  Detailing an Innovative, Student-Centered Instructional Sequence that Builds from Students' Intuitive Understandings of Vector to Formal Definitions of Span and Linear Dependence.
  Megan J Wawro*, San Diego State University & University of California, San Diego
  Michelle Zandieh, Arizona State University
  (1067-L1-1430)
• 11:20 a.m.
  Inverting the Linear Algebra Classroom.
  Robert Talbert*, Franklin College
  (1067-L1-2079)
• 11:40 a.m.
  The Second Undergraduate Level Course in Linear Algebra.
  Steven J Leon*, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
  (1067-L1-1379)