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Office Hours

• Monday: 4:00 - 5:00
• Wednesday: 9:30 - 12:30 and 4:00 - 5:00
• Friday: Give me a call, I am around somewhere.

Education

• EdD., University of Nevada, Reno, 2007
• MEd., University of Nevada, Reno, 1990
• BS, University of Nevada, Reno, 1982

Recommended Reading

• Inside Your Calculator: From Simple Programs to Significant Insights, Gerald R. Rising
• The Art of Raising a Puppy, The Monks of New Skete
• Mindstorms, Seymour A. Papert
• The Math Book: From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics, Clifford A. Pickover
• How To Lie With Statistics, Darrell Huff
• Practical Astronomy With Your Calculator, Peter Duffett-Smith
• The Man of Numbers Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution, Keith Devlin

Recommended Web Links

• TED - Ideas Worth Spreading

Classes

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INT 359

Title: Integrative Math Seminar Catalog Description: An integrative seminar on topics in mathematics. The topics will vary to address needs and interests of programs. May be repeated once for credit if the topics are different. My Comments: Internet only class offered for Fall 2012 semester. You must have a link cable for the TI calculator. The TI-84 Plus SE is recommended for this class.

MATH 120

Title: Fundamentals of College Mathematics Catalog Description: Includes real numbers, consumer mathematics, variation, functions, relations, graphs, geometry, probability, and statistics. Course is broad in scope, emphasizing applications. Fulfills the lower-division mathematics requirement for a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Satisfies mathematics requirement for baccalaureate degrees. It is recommended that students have completed prerequisites within two years of enrolling in this course.

MATH 122

Title: Number Concepts for Elementary School Teachers Catalog Description: A course for students preparing for elementary school teaching or those who already hold teaching certificates. Topics include the real number system and its subsystems, algorithms, primes and divisibility, algebraic thinking, and a variety of applications. The course presumes mathematical knowledge of the material and goes more in depth giving backgrounds for the real number system and preparation of students for teaching the material. It is recommended that students have completed prerequisites within two years of enrolling in this course.

MATH 123

Title: Statistical and Geometrical Concepts for Elementary School Teachers Catalog Description: A course for students preparing for elementary school teaching or for those who already hold teaching certificates. Topics include probability, statistics, geometry, constructions, similar figures, trigonometric ratios, areas and volumes, motion geometry, and a variety of applications. Backgrounds for the concepts and preparation of students for teaching the material. It is recommended that students have completed prerequisites within two years of enrolling in this course.

MATH 126

Title: Precalculus I Catalog Description: A third course in algebra, intended for those who are majoring in a science field, a business-related field, or mathematics; as part of a mathematics endorsement for elementary education; or for students who are going on to calculus. This course stresses functions, including their graphs and applications, polynomial functions, radicals, rational functions, exponential, and logarithmic functions. This is the first half of a two-semester sequence. MATH 126 and MATH 127 together, or MATH 126 and STAT 152 together, satisfy the mathematics requirement for an Associate of Science degree; also see the bachelor's degree requirements. This course satisfies the College Algebra requirement for programs that require College Algebra and Statistics. It is recommended that students have completed prerequisites within two years of enrolling in this course. My Comments: An eBook text is available for this class. See syllabus for information.

MATH 127

Title: Precalculus II Catalog Description: A course intended for those majoring in a science field or mathematics, as part of a mathematics endorsement for elementary education, or for students going on to calculus. Topics include circular functions, their graphs, and applications; trigonometric identities and equations; conic sections; complex numbers; matrices; sequences and mathematical induction. This is the second half of a two-semester sequence. The two semesters satisfy the mathematics requirement for a bachelor's degree. The two-course sequence, MATH 126 and MATH 127, are equivalent to MATH 128 at UNR or UNLV. It is recommended that students have completed prerequisites within two years of enrolling in this course. My Comments: An eBook text is available for this class. See syllabus for information.

MATH 181

Title: Calculus I Catalog Description: The fundamental concepts of analytic geometry and calculus functions, graphs, limits, derivatives, integrals, and certain applications. It is recommended that students have completed prerequisites within two years of enrolling in this course.

MATH 475

Title: Euclidean and Non Euclidean Geometry Catalog Description: Axiom systems, models, independence, consistency; incidence, distance betweenness, congruence, convexity, inequalities, parallels, perpendiculars, the Klein model; Saccheri quadrilaterals, limit triangles, and the non-Euclidean geometry of Bolyai-Lobatchevsky. My Comments: This class is being offered as independent study for the spring 2013 semester.

MATH 96

Title: Intermediate Algebra Catalog Description: This is a second course in algebra for students who have completed one elementary algebra course. The topics covered include polynomials, rational functions, linear equations and inequalities, absolute value inequalities, exponents and radicals, quadratic equations, relations and functions, systems of equations, and applications. This is a developmental course. It is recommended that students have completed prerequisites within two years of enrolling in this course. My Comments: This class uses an electronic textbook. Access will be granted during the first week of instruction.

STAT 152

Title: Introduction to Statistics Catalog Description: Includes descriptive statistics, probability models, random variables, statistical estimation and hypothesis testing, linear regression analysis, and other topics. Designed to show the dependence of statistics on probability. It is recommended that students have completed prerequisites within two years of enrolling in this course. My Comments: This class will utilize both Excel spreadsheets and the TI-84 Calculator.

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