Mathematics education

Trapa. Dr. Trapa is the Professor and Chair of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Utah, he is passionate about the world of mathematics and education. Dr. Trapa’s advice and dedication for student success here at the University of Utah reminded me how education is important. Dr. Trapa grew up in the Seattle area with a love for math. He graduated high school at the age of 14, later earning his doctorate in mathematics at the age of 23. After doing his postdoctoral fellowship at…

Speaking in Numbers: The Language of Mathematics Literacy is commonly used to refer to one’s ability to speak and decipher a language. However, it is possible to be literate in areas or skills besides traditional spoken language. For example, it is possible to be literate in sign language, or mathematics. After all, mathematics is defined by Dictionary.com as “the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically.”…

because Germain, in her own way, was a revolutionary. She became interested in mathematics at a very young age, and without any sort of formal education or training became one of the greatest mathematicians in history (Swift). Germain fought against gender stereotypes during her life and fought for recognition as a female mathematician (Swift). Throughout her life, Germain refused to give up, even when her lack of formal education put her at a disadvantage (Swift). Throughout Germain’s life, it…

2010; Galla & Wood, 2012; Guolao, 2014; Liu & Koirala, 2009; Pajares & Miller, 1994; Zimmerman, et.al., 2010). Poor self-efficacy in non-mathematics major often leads to low achievement. On the other hand, Hall & Ponton (2005) found that the difficulty level of the math subject may also affect the level of mathematics self-efficacy such that…

Throughout my life mathematics has been something that is always pushing me to go beyond my limits and discover something new. Something that I thought I could never have achieved before. Every single time I face a new and exciting problem, I look forward to trying my best to find the best way to solve the problem. Along the years this evolved into some sort of life statement. I always wanted to try to be as exact, precise, accurate, analytic, and logical with every single issue I encountered…

Marie-Sophie Germain Although she is not well known, Marie-Sophie Germain contributed much to the fields of mathematics, philosophy, and physics and proved to be an exceptional physicist, mathematician, and philosopher throughout her lifetime. Overcoming all obstacles thrown her way, Germain fought relentlessly for her education and proved to not only her parents, but the whole mathematic and scientific community that women could be successful. From the start of her life, Germain was blessed…

Mathematical biology is the use of mathematical models and concepts to help understand the biological world and the processes of disease. As of today, it is one of the fastest growing research areas in mathematics. Mariel Vazquez is a mathematical biologist and specializes in the applications of topological methods and computational tools to the study of DNA rearrangements, DNA and protein interactions, and DNA packing. Born and raised in Mexico to engineer parents and grandparents, Vazquez…

Mathematics is used in every aspect of life. In order to figure out time and space, width and depths in science math is needed. Mathematics is very relevant in order to function in this world. Every job requires it, the hours worked must be counted, pay must be multiplied by the hours worked. God provides many gifts to his people, such as wisdom and knowledge to name a few. Mathematics was created by the Lord and gifted to his people. Throughout education, it is taught that mathematics was…

“Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality.” By Richard Courant. Mathematics is not just a mere subject which only consists of numbers but a universal language. Mathematics can be defined as “the study of relationships among quantities, magnitudes and properties, and the logical operations by which…

compulsory is not something that anyone can conclude in an essay. Mathematics is wonderful, phenomenal mind developer, empower the study of other subjects, is a necessary component of any career, everyone needs to undertake an advanced study of math. It is quite a fair point to say math and history are on the same style and structure. human is normally sensitive to similarity as pattern and structure are what actually built mathematics. Mathematics is not a matter of remembering formulae to do…