Newsletter 2002: Vol  2 MSOR Connections

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ISSN 1473-4869 Volume 2, No 1-4

Vol 2 No 1
Feb 2002
Contact R.L.Surowiec@bham.ac.uk if you want a quick link to any  article from here.

Quick Links to:

Inter-institutional collaboration on Easing the Transition to University (Feb 2001)
A New Way to teach Statistics to Engineers (May 2001)
Curriculum 2000  : full report on this briefing day (Aug 2001)
Vol 2 No 2
May 2002
Vol 2 No 3
Aug 2002
Vol 2 No 4
Nov 2002
Related Links:  Reviews | Mathematics Software Reviews | Maths, Stats & OR general info

List of Articles

Volume 2, Number 1: Feb 2002

Maths, Stats & OR Network
Recent activities and plans for the near future - Pam Bishop
Something that worked for me/Have you seen this? - Ewan Crawford / John Biggins
National Teaching Fellowships - Chris Budd / Michael McCabe
A Thousand Projects - Helen MacGillivray
Crisis in A Level mathematics - Leslie Mustoe
Widening Participation in MSOR / Support for Personal Development Planning and Higher Level Key Skills development - Bill Cox & Penny Bidgood / John Gillespie
Staff Development and T&L Resources Project / Struggling to find an identity in Operational Research - Helen MacGillivray / Andrew Tobias
The LTSN MathsTEAM Project - Christine Hirst
After the diagnostic test - what next? - Duncan Lawson
Alice Interactive Mathematics - Neil Strickland
Studyworks! 2002 for Mathematics/Introduction to Groups/Understanding Groups - Neil Challis
Review of Mathtype v5 - Jeff Waldock
Review of STATISTICA 6 - John Newell
Book Review: Biostatistics with Minitab - Alastair C Wardlaw
Workshop Report - Maths Support for non-specialist students / Diary - Pam Bishop

XTRAonline article: Maths Toolkit - workshop report, Bristol 14 Nov 2001 - Mike Barry

Volume 2, Number 2: May 2002

Math, Stats & OR Network
Recent activities and plans for the near future
Staff development project update - Hugh Williams
Have you seen this? - Neville Davies / Beth L Chance
Something that worked for me - Eigenvectors via Excel - Michael Grant
Identifying Good Practice in Teaching and Learning in MSOR - Penny Bidgood and Bill Cox
Research in statistical education - planning of an international survey - Flavia Jolliffe
Careers information on the Internet
Mathematicians Need Careers - David Stirling
InTeX - a problem-centred approach to learning integration techniques - Anthony Kay
CUE Assessment System - Jane Paterson
Mathematical Components of Engineering Expertise - Phillip Kent
Maths for Engineers WebDisk - Jim Stevenson
MathGate update - Greig Fratus; Mathematics Portal Project - Richard Young
Review of Maplets - Grant Keady
Review of Introduction to Groups - Jane Bennett-Rees
Review of Visual Statistics - Helen MacGillivray
Excel Interactive: Tutorials for Statistics - Neville Hunt
Book review: Statistical Analysis of Extreme Values - David Walshaw
Workshop Reports: CAA in Statistics - Athol Korabinski; Maths Support - Pam Bishop
Courseware News, Diary

XTRAonline resources:
Eigenvectors via Excel: Worksheet (PDF | Word97) | Excel file - kindly provided by Michael Grant and featured in Something that worked for me....MSOR Connections May 2002

 

Volume 2, Number 3: Aug 2002

Math, Stats & OR Network
Recent activities, plans for the future and funded projects / Have you seen this?
Something that worked for me - C T J Dodson / Patricia Wackrill
Setting the Scene: understanding student backgrounds - Dr K A Jane White
Using Projects to enable Reflective Learning - V Lowndes and S Berry
MathGate Report - Greig Fratus
Mathematical and Statistical Support Service at South Bank University - Susan Starkings
MathML - cleared for take off - Trevor Hawkes
Using QM Perception v3 for testing mathematics - Daniel Nichols and Martin Greenhow
Implementation of the Kid Krypto Concept - Alexandre V Borovik
Engineering Teaching via MAPLE - Brian L Burrows
Interactive Excel Investigations in Management Mathematics - Peter Butkovic
Review of CalculationCenter 2 - Nigel Backhouse
Leibniz: A word processor with mathematical intelligence? - Douglas Quinney
Review of LiveMath 3.5 - Nigel Backhouse
E-learning by Accident - Jim Stevenson
Review of FELIPE version 3 - Rob Beale
Book Reviews:
  Handbook of Mathematical Discourse - Tony Gardiner / Multivariate Calculus 2nd ed - David Griffel / Advanced Engineering Maths - Dr D Hermans/ Elementary Linear Algebra - Grant Keady
Workshop and Conference Reports:
Assessment workshop - Pam Bishop / Maths support - Christine Hirst / ILTAC 2002 - Judy Ekins / 6th CAA Conference Statistics in Higher Education - Bill Foster / Flexible Learning in Statistics - Adrian Bowman
Flexible Learning: Tutorial Tennis - Barbara R Smith
Using distance learning technology for an MSc in Epidemiology - Steve Bond and Jane Bruce
The Sheffield Statistics MSc goes DL - Clive Anderson, Caitlin Buck and Nick Fieller
Distance Teaching of Statistics to Undergraduates at the OU - Jane Williams
Java Applications for Teaching Statistics - Andrew Bertie
Techwatch / Diary
HE Policy Priority Area: Widening Participation - John Blake

Volume 2, Number 4: Nov 2002

Maths, Stats & OR Network
Recent activities and future plans / Search for the best maths tutors on screen
Something that worked for me - STEPS problems investigated - Ewan Crawford
Have you seen this?...Overcoming the Barriers - Karen Ford and Peter Rainger
Student Assessment in Maths, Stats and OR - Penny Bidgood and Bill Cox
Teaching and learning across the A level - university transition - Hannah Lewis and Jane White
Enabling Access to Further Mathematics - Charlie Stripp
Welcome to MathBank - Keith Hirst
Older and Mathwiser? - Neil Pitcher
CAST of Thousands - Mark Brewer
Scientific Workplace v4.0 - a mathematical tool reaches maturity - Michael McCabe
Maple goes GUI with Maplets - a review of Maple 8 - Michael McCabe
Review of MathAid Precalculus v15.33 - Jean Cook
Book Reviews:
Mathematics Teaching Practice - Bob Burn/ Mathematics: A Second Start - Duncan Lawson / Multimedia Tools for Communicating Mathematics (MTCM2000) - Douglas Quinney
Updates - MathGate - Greig Fratus | CAA in Mathematics
Short Course: Teaching Statistics in Finance - Dr Bruce Dunham
Conference Reports and Invitations
ICM Satellite Conference - Chris Sangwin/ Institute for Maths Pedagogy - Chris Sangwin / International Conference on Teaching of Maths - Joe Kyle/ UMTC - Dr Neil Gordon / Mathematica Symposium / Mathematical Education of Engineers
Diary