Don C. Cathcart

Recent Publications

"The Calculator-Based Laboratory and the Calculator-Based-Ranger in a Modeling Course for Middle School Teachers," with S. Hetzler and R. Tardiff, in T^{3 2003} International Conference Proceedings (on CD), Texas Instruments, 2003.

“How’s the Weather up There: Predicting Weather for Costal Mountains,” with M. Folkoff and S. Hetzler, in Environmental Mathematics in the Classroom, B.A. Fusaro & P.C. Kenschaft , editors, Mathematical Association of America, 2003.

“Collaborating to Cross Boundaries: University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Salisbury State University” with E. Nnadi, P. Creighton, H. Jopp, in Higher Education 2000: What will be New? What will be Different?, Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Philadelphia, 2000.

“A Mathematical Modeling Course for Elementary Education Majors: Instructors’ Thoughts,” with T. Horseman, in Journeys of Transformation, M.B. Gardner and D.L. Ayers, editors, Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation (MCTP), College Park, MD, 1998.

“An Introductory Course on Mathematical Models and Modeling: A Constructivist Approach for Middle School Teachers,” with T. Horseman, in Teaching and Learning Mathematical Modelling: Innovation, Investigation, Applications, S. Houston, W. Blum, I. Huntley, N. Neill, editors, Albion Publications, Chichester, UK, 1997.

"Mathematical Models and Modeling: Instructor's Guide," Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation (MCTP), College Park, MD: 1995, 106 pages.

Some Recent Presentations

“Exploring Change through Activities, Graphs, and Mathematical Models,” Southern Regional Conference National Council Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), New Orleans, November, 2004.

“Middle School Modeling Activities Linking Mathematics and Science,” Southern Regional Conference National Council Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Charleston, South Carolina, November 2003.

"The CBL and CBR in a Modeling Course for Middle School Teachers," with S. Hetzler and R. Tardiff, T³  2003 International Conference, Nashville, March 2003.

“Middle School Modeling Activities Linking Math and Science,” Maryland Council of Teachers of Mathematics’  (MCTM) Annual Conference, Baltimore, October 2002.

“Inter-Institutional University Collaboration: The University of Maryland Eastern Shore & Salisbury State University,” with E. Nnadi, Seventh Annual Conference of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities, St. Louis, March 2001.

“Hands-On Activities to Explore Patterns of Change,” with R.M. Tardiff, MCTM Eastern Shore Regional Conference, Salisbury, MD, February 2001.

“Building and Sustaining Inter-Institutional Collaborative Degree and Non-Degree Programs,” with E. Nnadi, American Association of Higher Education Conference on Faculty Roles & Rewards, Tampa, February 2001.

“Stella and Mathematical Modeling,” with R.M. Tardiff, Annual Conference MCTM, Suitland, MD, October 2000.

“Investigating Patterns of Change through Data Gathering and Model Fitting,” NCTM Southeast Regional Conference, Mobile, March 2000.

“Collaborating to Cross Boundaries: University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Salisbury State University,” National Conference on Teacher Quality and Annual Conference of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, with E. Nnadi, Washington D.C., December 1999.

“Using Software Tools to Model and Build Understanding of Biological, Physical, and Social Dynamical Systems,” NCTM Western Regional Conference, Honolulu, June 1999.

“Integrating Science and Math in the Middle and High School,” 19th Annual Microcomputers in Education Conference, Tempe, AZ, March 1999.

“Experimentation and Exploration: Adventures in First Year College Mathematics,” Mathematics Education Reform (MER) Conference on Developing Leadership in Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Education, Chicago, May 1998.

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