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    2010-Scott_Carrell-James_West-Does_Professor_Quality_Matter-Evidence_from_Random_Assignment_of_Students_to_Professors
    In the postsecondary environment, scores on student evaluations of professors are typically used to measure teaching quality. We possess unique data that allow us to measure relative student performance in mandatory follow-on classes.
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    2008-William_Revelle-Cues Tendencies and Actions-The Dynamics of Action Revisited
    This article describes a reparameterization of the original theory of dynamics of action and applies the power of simple modeling to the study of action, emotions, and social behavior.
    psychologytask referenceachievement motivationdynamics of action
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    2011-Nguyen-Shi-Modeling the absorption circulation and metabolism of tirapazamine
    This apparently is a student project and it develops the kinetic model, uses Matlab for numerical solution, analytic solution and numerical solution.
    absorptionMichaelis-MentenMetabolismdrug metabolismcirculation
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    2011-Carl_Leinbach-Beyond Newton's law of cooling - estimation of time since death
    The paper offers an excellent history of temperature-based methods and then proceeds to demonstrate these with some data. Here the history is rich and will support student investigation as well as faculty development.
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    1994-Brian_Winkel-Designated_Student_Grading _as_a_Learning_Device
    We describe how we engaged students in the course to grade regular homework assignments of that same class and the added learning opportunities in doing so.
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    1998-Elly_Claus-McGahan-Modeling Projects in a Differential Equations Course
    Here we discuss the value of student designed, in-depth, modeling projects in a differential equations course and how to prepare them for it.
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    2020-Teaching Module-Applying Separation Of Variables
    This is one of several Teaching Modules prepare by the Principal Investigates of SIMIODE’s National Science Foundation grant and offered in 2020. The material offered is a complete narrative of how a modeling activity can be offered including...
    modulesEbolaseparation of variablesTeaching ModulesSeparation
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    2015-Beier-EtAl-Building Context with Tumor Growth Modeling Projects in Differential Equations
    Here we present two projects related to tumor growth appropriate for a first course in differential equations. They illustrate the use of problem-based learning to reinforce and extend course content via a writing or research experience.
    tummor growthresearch experience
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    2008-Padir-EtAl-Teaching Differential Equations in a Diverse Classroom
    The interesting portion of this paper are the descriptions of student projects offered: Vibrations of a 3-Story Building in an Earthquake, Triple Pendulum, Nonlinear Circuit. Phase portraits were offered in each case.
    circuitearthquakevibrationpendulumbuikldingtriple pendumlumnonlinear circuit
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    2015-Technology_and_the_Mathematics_Curriculum-CUPM_Curriculum_Guide_to_Majors_in_the_Mathematical _Sciences
    What role should technology play in teaching and learning undergraduate mathematics? This issue is addressed.
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    1-019-RocksInTheHead-Modeling Scenario
    We describe an experiment with data on the perception of the individual mass of a collection of rocks in comparison to a 100 g brass mass. Students use the logistic differential equation as a reasonable model and estimate parameters.
    logistic growthparameter estimationexperiment
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    2006-Michelle_LeMasurier-Nonstandard Topics for Student Presentations in Differential Equations
    An interesting and effective way to showcase the wide variety of fields to which differential equations can be applied is to have students give short oral presentations on a specific application.
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    2007-Joseph_Myers-Brian_Winkel-Modeling_a_Mystery_Circuit_in_Mathematics_Class_Using_Differential_Equations_Laplace_Transforms_and_Transfer_Functions
    We discuss the introduction, student discovery, and teaching of a system of differential equations which model a circuit.
    circuitLaplace transformtransfer functionmystery circuitvoltage frequencytwo loop circuit
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    Instructor Solutions for SIMIODE Textbook
    This is a complete set of solutions for all projects, exercises, and reading exercises and is restricted to those registered as Instructors
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    2020-TeachingModule-SpreadOfCommonColdSimulation
    This simulation is meant to introduce the idea of a differential equation model and investigate the impact of heightened hygiene and decreased interactions on the spread of an infectious disease. The focus of this simulation is on the common cold.
    simulationmoduleinfectious diseasediseasespreadTeaching Modulespread of disease
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    2013-Alicia_Caldwell-Students Rise to the Challenge of Modeling Yeast Growth Despite Sour Hiccups from Imperfect Data
    This paper describes a lab in which students in an Applied Mathematics in Biology course observe the growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a yeast strain, in differing sugar concentrations for use in learning modeling.
    Saccharomyces cerevisiaelogisticyeastdeathgrowthsugaralcohol
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    1999-Richard_Single-Different quotients-derivatives-and data through modeling with slime
    In this article, I present an experiment that can be conducted in a calculus class to investigate the difference quotient and the derivative, using mathematical modeling with student-collected data.
    data analysisslimedifference quotientspread of slime
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    SIMIODE Spring 2024 Webinars - Insightmaker
    We discuss the use of the FREE system dynamics software Insightmaker (https://insightmaker.com/) in a first course in Ordinary Differential Equations (with a modeling emphasis).
    modelingsimulationSoftwarepythonsystemsInsightMakerflowCategory Theorystockstock-flow
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    SIMIODE Spring 2024 Webinars - WikiModel
    WikiModel is cloud-based application and requires no installation and is run via a web-browser to facilitate rapid implementation. Equations are typed in as they appear in a textbook. ODEs are automatically integrated via Runge-Kutta methods.
    modelingSoftwaretoolapplicationWikiModelmodeling cycle
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    1-060-RegularPerturbation-TechniqueNarrative
    This paper presents an introduction to a set of analytical approximations referred to as regular perturbation. This is a particular mathematical tool within the broader set of perturbation methods.
    perturbationregular perturbationasymptotic expansionsanalytical approximationBernoulli equation