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The Colonel's Kernel
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Newsletter of the Department of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science
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Spring 1996 | Volume 1, Number 1 |
Greetings, Friends
We are excited to send you the first edition of
The Colonel's Kernel, which is to be an ongoing publication. Its purpose is to let EKU graduates, and those
interested in EKU, know something about our department and help you keep in contact with each other. Many
of you kindly returned the questionnaire which was sent out last summer, but some of you may not have received this. In any case,
We want to have a column in which we highlight events and happenings from you.
The first MathExcel Group
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A recent development is the MathExcel lab which is off to a good start. It is a new program patterned
after many collaborative learning courses springing up throughout the United States. Other institutions
which offer similar programs report higher grades in calculus, lower drop-out rates, higher self-esteem, and
the formation of study groups which transfer to other courses. These courses are optional and are designed
for ambitious and hard-working students. In small groups, the students work cooperatively on challenging problems,
which parallel the topics from their regular calculus courses. The students register for a regular
section of Calculus as well as the special lab which counts as two hours of Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
credit and meets for a total of four hours per week (two 2-hour sessions).
For further information contact Dr. Amy C. King, Wallace 413, (Phone: 606-622-2248) or Dr. Mary Fleming,
Wallace 311, (Phone: 606-622-5942.) Additional information on
MathExcel offerings for the 96 Fall
semester is available online.
The Mathematica Lab in Wallace 444
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Recently, the department received an Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Grant from the National Science
Foundation.
The department has expended grant funds to establish a technology classroom
which is being used to assist faculty teaching and to
enhance student learning in calculus, linear algebra, and
differential equations. The classroom contains a network of twenty-five 486 DX2 computers, two Pentium computers,
and three laser printers. One Pentium computer is used as a file server while the other is hooked
to a Liquid Crystal Display panel for classroom demonstrations.
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