Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler Recent documents in Bruce Kessler en-us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:11:26 PST 3600 http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/63 http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/63 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:05:07 PDT This is the fourteenth episode of the program, where I discuss annuities and a method of dividing an estate fairly. All of the episodes are available at the program webpage, www.wku.edu/mathmatters. Bruce Kessler Mathematics Education http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/62 http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/62 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:00:16 PDT This is the third segment of the thirteenth episode of the program, where I discuss unrestricted-growth and restricted-growth population models. All of the episodes are available at the program webpage, www.wku.edu/mathmatters. Bruce Kessler Mathematics Education http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/61 http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/61 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:59:07 PDT This is the second segment of the thirteenth episode of the program, where I discuss matrix multiplication, and how it can be used to track populations by age groups. All of the episodes are available at the program webpage, www.wku.edu/mathmatters. Bruce Kessler Mathematics Education http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/60 http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/60 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:52:44 PDT This is the first segment of the thirteenth episode of the program, where I discuss matrix multiplication, and how it can be used to calculate some very complicated probabilities. All of the episodes are available at the program webpage, www.wku.edu/mathmatters. Bruce Kessler Mathematics Education http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/59 http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/59 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:50:41 PDT This is the third segment of the twelfth episode of the program, where I discuss systems of three equations with three unknowns. All of the episodes are available at the program webpage, www.wku.edu/mathmatters. Bruce Kessler Mathematics Education http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/58 http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/58 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:46:20 PDT This is the second segment of the twelfth episode of the program, where I discuss matrix multiplication as a tool for resource management. All of the episodes are available at the program webpage, www.wku.edu/mathmatters. Bruce Kessler Mathematics Education http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/57 http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/57 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:43:39 PDT This is the first segment of the twelfth episode of the program, where I discuss credit-card debt, and the actual cost of financed items. All of the episodes are available at the program webpage, www.wku.edu/mathmatters. Bruce Kessler Mathematics Education http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/56 http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/56 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:30:47 PDT During the 2008--2009 academic year, the author embarked on an extremely non-standard curriculum path: developing comic books with embedded mathematics appropriate for 3rd through 6th grade students. With the help of an education professor to measure impact, an elementary-school principal, and talented undergraduate illustrators, this project came to fruition and the comics were implemented in elementary classrooms at Cumberland Trace Elementary in the Warren County School System in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This talk gives the motivation for the idea, introduces the characters, and how the comics integrated the math content into the stories. Bruce Kessler Mathematics Education http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/55 http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/55 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:26:43 PDT This is the third segment of the eleventh episode of the program, where I discuss how to implement and solve systems of two linear equations. All of the episodes are available at the program webpage, www.wku.edu/mathmatters. Bruce Kessler Mathematics Education http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/54 http://works.bepress.com/bruce_kessler/54 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:22:28 PDT This is the first segment of the eighth episode of the program, where I discuss least common multiples and greatest common factors, and how they are useful when working with fractions. All of the episodes are available at the program webpage, www.wku.edu/mathmatters. Bruce Kessler Mathematics Education