Elementary Math Models: A hybrid alternative to standard general education math courses

A workshop presented at the MAA Allegheny Mountain Section Meeting, 3/28/2025, Saint Vincent College

Note: Participants are requested to bring laptops or other devices capable of opening and working with excel files, and to download this Excel File in advance.

Course Materials

Slides Powerpoint file Full Page Slides PDF Slides 2 per page PDF

Excel file for a workshop activity

References and links

Essays about the EMM curriculum Concept

“Elementary Math Models: College Algebra Topics and a Liberal Arts Approach,” Chapter 32 in Nancy Baxter Hastings et al, eds, A Fresh Start for Collegiate Mathematics: Rethinking the Courses below Calculus, MAA, Washington DC, 2006, pp 304-309. (See page 304)
Entry Level College Mathematics: Algebra or Modeling:

AMATYC Review Article Spring 2003

Slides from a presentation based on the article

Preface to EMM text

Papers about Refined Logistic Growth (accessible to MAA members by logging in MAA.org)

Improved Approaches to Discrete and Continuous Logistic Growth, PRIMUS, 33:2, 107-122, 2023.
Verhulst Discrete Logistic Growth, Mathematics Magazine, 96:3, 244-258, 2023.