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Session Description

This session will concentrate on the teaching of secondary mathematics and the recruitment and retention of engineering students during their first year of college.

Moderated by

1. Dr. Shirley B. Pomeranz

Papers Presented

1. Teaching Pythagoras's Theorem Using Software [view paper]
   Dr. Bert Pariser (Technical Career Institutes)
2. An Index to Aid in the Development of High School Recruitment of Future Engineering and Science Majors [view paper]
   Prof. Galen E. Turner III (Louisiana Tech University), Dr. Kelly B. Crittenden (Louisiana Tech University), Dr. James D. Nelson (Louisiana Tech University), and Dr. Heath Tims (Louisiana Tech University)
3. An Introductory Mathematics Computer Course as a Supplement to a Mathematical Bridge Course [view paper]
   Prof. Sabina Jeschke (RWTH Aachen University), Mr. Olivier Frédéric Pfeiffer (Technische Universität Berlin), Dr. Omar Musa Hasan ( American University of Mdaba), and Mr. Erhard Zorn (Technische Universität Berlin)
4. Designing for Improved Success in First-year Mathematics [view paper]
   Prof. Helen M. Doerr (Syracuse University), Dr. Andria Costello Staniec (Syracuse University), and Mrs. AnnMarie H. O'Neil (C.S. Driver Middle School)
5. Using Online Assessment and Practice to Achieve Better Retention and Placement in Precalculus and Calculus [view paper]
   Alex Feldman (Boise State University), Dr. Doug Bullock (Boise State University), and Dr. Janet Callahan (Boise State University)