Author: Taylor University Math Department

Our MAT392 Math Seminar class recently finished giving their presentations of semester long research on a topic of their choosing. Listed below are our presenters along with a description of their talk. Allie Ternet, "Modeling Cancer: The Role of Mathematics and Statistics within Oncology" Cancer research has greatly progressed over several years, and new discoveries… Continue reading Our Fall 2018 MAT392 Presentations!!

Dr. Colgan traveled down to Orlando, Florida to present on his research at Disney’s Coronado Spring Resort at the 44th annual AMATYC (American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges) Conference. Title:    Simple Ways to Begin and End Math Class that Make Learning More Fun       Session summary: Participants will consider simple and fun ways… Continue reading Dr. Colgan recently presented at the AMATYC conference in Orlando!

Dr. Patrick Eggleton, Associate Professor of Mathematics, published the article Meta-Teaching:  A Great Tool for Methods Courses in the Fall 2018 issue of the HAMTE Crossroads.   The article highlighted a “meta-teaching” activity used by the students taking Secondary Mathematics Methods where they reflect on 25 different teaching methods demonstrated by faculty in their different classes. … Continue reading Meta-Teaching: A Great Tool for Methods Courses

Dr. Patrick Eggleton, Associate Professor of Mathematics, was elected as the President-Elect for the Hoosier Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (HAMTE) at their annual meeting on November 4, 2018.  HAMTE seeks to serve mathematics teachers in Indiana by providing leadership in professional development and promoting the needs of mathematics teachers throughout the state.  Dr. Eggleton… Continue reading Dr. Eggleton Elected President of HAMTE!

Our very own Dr. Eggleton will be speaking at the Fall Conference for the ICTM (Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics)! You can find out more about the conference here.