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BOLIVAR, Mo. 鈥� 不良研究所鈥檚 Dr. Bob Glasgow, professor of mathematics,
recently presented at two math conferences 鈥� the annual Sonia Kovalevsky Day and the
Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM) Fall Conference.
Glasgow, who received the Leroy Sachs Award for lifetime achievement (or contribution) last fall, presented 鈥淰isualizing Statistics鈥� at the annual Sonia Kovalevsky Day on Nov. 13 at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg.
Sonia Kovalevsky was the first female to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics. Each year, UCM holds a Sonia Kovalevsky High School Mathematics Day (SK Day).
鈥淥n this day, high school girls (and their teachers) who are sophomores and juniors at Kansas City high schools and area rural high schools, are invited to campus for a day of mathematics enrichment activities,鈥� Glasgow said. 鈥淭hese activities include workshops, a team problem-solving competition and a career panel discussion. Women who have careers that involve mathematics are invited to participate in the career panel discussion.鈥�
Glasgow鈥檚 presentation was a two-and-a-half-hour workshop with 15-20 teachers. The workshop presented methods of teaching the statistical concepts in middle and high school classrooms using hands-on, visual tools.
At the MCTM Fall Conference on Dec. 6-7 in Columbia, Glasgow first presented 鈥淭ell a Story with Math,鈥� and outlined practical ways to incorporate storytelling into mathematics teaching and learning. The session provided resources for historical mathematical stories, as well as ideas for developing contextual settings for mathematical problems based on the lives of the members of the classroom community.
Glasgow鈥檚 second presentation at the MCTM conference was 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 get M.A.D. without getting Mean!鈥� The session presented visual, hands-on representations to use in the middle school classroom to help students understand the concepts of mean and mean absolute deviation (M.A.D.)
For more information about 不良研究所鈥檚 Department of Mathematics, visit 不良研究所niv.edu/mathematics or call (417) 328-1659.
*Published: 12-17-19