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    My Experiences in a Faculty Mentoring Network for Mathematical Modeling
    Talk given as a part of the Symposium - Communities of Practice for Math Modeling Education at the SIAM 2018 Conference
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    Math anxiety and attitudes in biology undergraduate students
    Session presentation for BIOMAAP at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop
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    Intro to BIOMAAP - Student Introduction
    This presentation is intended as a short, in-class introduction to the program and some of the research behind it, in hopes of generating ‘buy in’ for a course-long use of BIOMAAP materials.
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    Introduction to Growth Mindset - Teaching Notes - Boersma
    Teaching notes from my use of BIOMAAP Growth Mindset teaching materials in my 300 level Ecology class for majors.
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    Math and Stats in the Biology Classroom with HHMI BioInteractive
    Conquer basic math and statistics used in biology while exploring classroom-ready resources. Concepts include central tendency and variation, spreadsheet skills, graphing, and data analysis with...
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    Quantitative Reasoning: Peer Review 16(3), 2014
    In this issue of the journal Peer Review, the authors discuss the issues surrounding quantitative literacy.
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    Fostering and sustaining interdisciplinary faculty communities around undergraduate teaching: Insights from the QUBES project
    Presentation part of a minisymposium at the SIAM Applied Mathematics Education (ED18) conference, "Communities of Practice for Math Modeling Education"
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    IQS 2.0: A Modularized Integrated Math and Science Course
    Part of the 2015 SMB Minisymposium: Topics in Biomathematics Education

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    Number Sense
    In this activity, students demonstrate their own innate number sense by playing an online game that asks them to estimate quantities that are flashed on screen for only milliseconds. Research...
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    Teacher Guide: Math and Statistics
    Topics include measures of average (mean, median, and mode), variability (range and standard deviation), uncertainty (standard error and 95% confidence interval), Chi-square analysis, student...
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    Intro to BIOMAAP - Student Math Anxiety Overview
    This presentation is intended as a stand alone 45 minutes-1 hour presentation to give students general information on math anxiety and a few strategies to try on their own.
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    The Effect of Instructor Communication on Student Perceptions of Mathematics in Biology
    Undergraduate research poster presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium at the University of Pittsburgh in 2015.
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    Implementing a Math Prerequisite - Does it help or hurt?
    Poster on the effect of math prerequisite courses on student success in introductory biology. Presented at the 2020 BIOME Institute: Cultivating Scientific Curiosity
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    The Mathematics of Voting Systems: Plurality, Runoff and Ranked Choice
    In this five-day interdisciplinary math and social studies unit, students use math to create informed opinions about the three most common voting systems in the United States: plurality, runoff and...
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    Figure of the Day - Teaching Notes - Boersma
    Teaching notes from my application of Figure of the Day in my BIOL305 Ecology lecture course for biology majors.
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    Additional Figures of the Day - Parasitology
    These additional figures were used in a Parasitology course (juniors and seniors) at Radford University.
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    Figure of the Day - Adapted for Non-Majors
    Students use their number sense to make observations and come up with reasonable guesses or explanations for the patterns shown.
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    AMS Mathematical Moments
    Discover the world of mathematics with Mathematical Moments, 8.5'' x 11'' pdfs, available in many different scientific topics.  
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    Quantitative Modules to Accompany General Biology Courses
    A collection of modules that were developed to accompany general biology courses and allow instructors to add quantitative examples in many of the topics in a standard GB sequence.
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    2013-Herald-EtAl-Simple Climate Models to Illustrate How Bifurcations Can Alter Equilibria and Stability
    While college level science classes now frequently include exposure to climate change issues, not all science majors, math majors and future math K-12 teachers are likely to see climate issues in...
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