Location
Daytona Beach, Florida
Description
This paper discusses the characteristics of adult learners of mathematics and of the typical Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Worldwide Campus student taking a mathematics or statistics course. It describes how mathematics and statistics courses are normally taught at ERAU Worldwide at present and some shortcomings of that approach. It discusses a software system called MyMathLab developed by Pearson Education, makes a proposal for using MyMathLab in ERAU Worldwide mathematics and statistics courses that are taught in the classroom, and describes how implementation of that proposal would help the campus meet its goals and comply with the Aviation Accreditation Board International guideline for mathematics and science.
Changing the Way We Teach Mathematics and Statistics
Daytona Beach, Florida
This paper discusses the characteristics of adult learners of mathematics and of the typical Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Worldwide Campus student taking a mathematics or statistics course. It describes how mathematics and statistics courses are normally taught at ERAU Worldwide at present and some shortcomings of that approach. It discusses a software system called MyMathLab developed by Pearson Education, makes a proposal for using MyMathLab in ERAU Worldwide mathematics and statistics courses that are taught in the classroom, and describes how implementation of that proposal would help the campus meet its goals and comply with the Aviation Accreditation Board International guideline for mathematics and science.