A PROJECT BASED APPROACHBy Mark Roland

Dutchess Community CollegeAnimation by Stephanie Arato

Satisfies the mathematics requirement of the Associate in Arts degree program in Humanities and Social Sciences.

The historical and social implications of mathematics are developed, as well as mathematical methods.

Using and Understanding Mathematics A Quantitative Approach

By Jeffrey Bennett and William Briggs

Geometry Mathematics and Politics Probability, Statistics Problem Solving. Financial Mathematics Number Theory Mathematics and the Arts Mathematics and Business Historical Mathematics Logic Systems of Numeration Mathematical Systems or Graph Theory

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making

Mathematics

Reading and Writing

Computers and Technology

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Power Point

Graphing or Scientific Calculator

Internet Calculators

Ice Breaker

Math Autobiography

Time Management Student Example 1Student Example 2

Area and Perimeter of ◦ Square◦ Rectangle◦ Triangle◦ Trapezoid◦ Parallelogram ◦ Rhombus

Area and Circumference of the circle Pythagorean Theorem

Teacher chosen groups of two or three students working together answering word problem questions that are all based upon area, perimeter, circumference, and the Pythagorean theorem.

Uses and Abuses of Percentages Relative change and Relative Difference

Putting Numbers in Perspective:Spending a Billion Dollars Student Example 1Student Example 2

Index Numbers: Consumer Price Index and Inflation

How Numbers Deceive:Political Math: True Negatives and False Positives: Does smoking make you live longer?

Take home written section

Student DirectionsAll general education objectives of the course are met with this one project

Working cooperatively with others Use of technology Crosses into other disciplines Student examples

◦ Student 1◦ Student 2◦ Student 3

Personal SavingsSavings Plans and InvestmentsRetirement ProjectTime: Friend or Foe

Student Directions Student Examples

◦ Student 1◦ Student 2

Loans◦ Credit Card Debt◦ Car Loans

Home Ownership◦ Mortgages◦ Amortization Schedule

House Project◦ Student Example◦ Student Example

Statistical Graphs Statistical Data Mean, Median, Mode Standard Deviation Normal Distribution

Student Directions All general education objectives of the

course are met with this project Working cooperatively with others Use of technology Crosses into other disciplines

Hard lessons to be learned

“I never liked math so coming into this class I was like here we go again, but I actually left learning something useful.”

“When I learned how to calculate how long it would take me to pay off my student loans I had to share it with my parents. They made me calculate how long it would take to pay off their mortgage.”

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