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How Ecologists Develop the Logistic Model by Pfaff, Thomas J.

“…The logistic differential equation is ubiquitous in calculus and differential equations textbooks. If the model is developed from first principles in these…”
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Detection of the bright band with a vertically pointing k-band radar by Pfaff, Thomas, Engelbrecht, Alexander, Seidel, Jochen

“…Quantitative precipitation estimation based on weather radar data suffers from a variety of errors. During stratiform events, a region of enhanced…”
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Review of Painting by Numbers by Jason Makansi by Pfaff, Thomas

“…Makansi, Jason. 2016. Painting By Numbers: How to Sharpen Your BS Detector and Smoke Out the "Experts." (Tucson, AZ: Layla Dog Press, 2016). 196 pp. ISBN…”
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Sustainability Education: The What and How for Mathematics by Hamilton, Jason, Pfaff, Thomas J.

“…In this article we provide a simple way to think about the concept of sustainability and provide a number of examples for incorporating sustainability…”
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Review of Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving by Sanjoy Mahajan by Pfaff, Thomas

“…Mahajan, Sanjoy. Street-Fighting Mathematics: The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving (The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2010)…”
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A case study on regional impacts of climate change: peak loads on the power grid in Rochester, New York by Constable, Scott, Hamilton, Jason, Pfaff, Thomas J.

“…Understanding the effects of climate change and determining appropriate mitigation and adaptation measures comprise a paradigmatic example of an issue that…”
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Educating About Sustainability While Enhancing Calculus by Pfaff, Thomas J.

“…We give an overview of why it is important to include sustainability in mathematics classes and provide specific examples of how to do this for a calculus…”
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Figures and First Years: An Analysis of Calculus Students' Use of Figures in Technical Reports by Antonacci, Nathan, Rogers, Michael, Pfaff, Thomas, Hamilton, Jason

“…This three-year study focused on first-year Calculus I students and their abilities to incorporate figures in technical reports. In each year, these calculus…”
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Averaging Sums of Powers of Integers by Pfaff, Thomas J.

“…When is the average of sums of powers of integers itself a sum of the firstnintegers raised to a power? We provide all solutions when averaging two sums, and…”
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STATISTICS PROJECT USING INSTITUTIONAL DATA by Pfaff, Thomas J.

“…If we let all students at Ithaca College be our population, then our Office of Institutional Research can provide us with various parameters about this…”
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Period Life Tables: A Resource for Quantitative Literacy by Pfaff, Thomas, Seltzer, Stanley

“…A period life table provides an estimate of the probability that a person will die at a particular age. Using data available online, we examine tables of…”
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USING COMBINATORICA/MATHEMATICA FOR STUDENT PROJECTS IN RANDOM GRAPH THEORY by Pfaff, Thomas J., Zaret, Michele

“…We give an example of a student project that experimentally explores a topic in random graph theory. We use the Combinatorica package in Mathematica to…”
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A mean field model for species abundance by Pfaff, Thomas J.

“…In this paper, we use the multitype mean field voter model as a model of species interaction, to obtain results about species abundance. Briefly, we start with…”
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Do Hands-on Activities Increase Student Understanding?: A Case Study by Pfaff, Thomas J., Weinberg, Aaron

“…This article describes the design, implementation, and assessment of four hands-on activities in an introductory college statistics course. In the activities,…”
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Go Figure: Calculus Students' Use of Figures and Graphs in Technical Report Writing by Pfaff, Thomas, Rogers, Michael, Erkan, Ali, Hamilton, Jason

“…Understanding how to read and use graphs to communicate scientific and mathematical information is critical for STEM majors, as well as an important part of…”
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Multidisciplinary Collaborations in the Traditional Classroom: Wrestling with Global Climate Change to Improve Science Education by Hamilton, Jason G, Rogers, Michael, Pfaff, Thomas J, Erkan, Ali

“…Multidisciplinary approaches, on the other hand, can work within existing disciplinary and administrative structures. [...] multidisciplinary approaches to…”
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Measuring Resource Inequality: The Gini Coefficient by Catalano, Michael, Leise, Tanya, Pfaff, Thomas

“…This paper stems from work done by the authors at the Mathematics for Social Justice Workshop held in June of 2007 at Middlebury College. We provide a…”
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Using Informal Inferential Reasoning to Develop Formal Concepts: Analyzing an Activity by Weinberg, Aaron, Wiesner, Emilie, Pfaff, Thomas J.

“…Inferential reasoning is a central component of statistics. Researchers have suggested that students should develop an informal understanding of the ideas that…”
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Using sustainability themes and multidisciplinary approaches to enhance STEM education by Rogers, Michael, Pfaff, Thomas, Hamilton, Jason, Erkan, Ali

“…Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on the Multidisciplinary Sustainability Education Project (MSEP) as a framework using sustainability-themed…”
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TEACHING CALCULUS STUDENTS HOW TO STUDY by Boelkins, Matthew R., Pfaff, Thomas J.

“…The authors address the problem of poor study habits of calculus students and present techniques to teach students to study consistently and effectively. The…”
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