Tuesday July 26/1:45
MS22/Spinnaker
Teaching Linear Algebra
The Williamsburg Workshop on the Undergraduate Linear Algebra Curriculum took place in 1990, and the Recommendations of the Linear Algebra Curriculum Study Group, produced at the Workshop, have been widely discussed and disseminated. This Minisymposium will feature various aspects of curricular reform in elementary linear algebra proposed in the Recommendations: how computing can be usefully incorporated into the course, bringing with it small group work, writing and realistic applications; research into the teaching and learning of mathematics; and the development of new subject matter approaches and their incorporation into source materials embodying the Recommendations.
Organizer: David H. Carlson
San Diego State University
- 1:45: Eigenvectors are Nonzero Vectors Scaled by a Linear Map
David H. Carlson, Organizer
- 2:15: Changing the Content, Pace and Style of Beginning Linear Algebra
Jane M. Day, San Jose State University
- 2:45: Building Effective Concept Images in Linear Algebra
Guershon Harel, Purdue University, West Lafayette, and Charles Johnson, College of William and Mary
- 3:15: Teaching the Applications
Gilbert Strang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology