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Teaching Mathematics and its Applications Advance Access originally published online on November 21, 2007
Teaching Mathematics and its Applications 2008 27(1):11-23; doi:10.1093/teamat/hrm017
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Reorganizing freshman business mathematics I: background and philosophy

Kris Green and Allen Emerson

Address for correspondence: Dr Kris Green Department of Mathematical and Computing Sciences, 3690 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618, USA. Tel: +1-585-385-7367; E-mail: kgreen{at}sjfc.edu

Submitted February 2007; accepted October 2007

This article is the first of the two-part discussion of the development of a new Freshman Business Mathematics (FBM) course at our college. Part I of the article describes the background and history behind the course, and provides a theoretical framework for the design of the course. This design involves students in learning and applying mathematics to real world problems using common business tools, in this case spreadsheets. This new course is centered on the concept of building and interpreting models of data, but touches on many topics in statistics, pre-calculus and calculus.

Kris Green has conducted research in relativity theory as well as the incorporation of writing in mathematics courses. He is the director of the Science Scholars Program at St John Fisher College and teaches courses in mathematics, physics, educational technology and freshman composition. While he holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Arizona, his wife, Brenda, and many others have awarded him an honorary doctoral degree in Star Wars studies.

Dr Allen Emerson has been a war gamer, an econometrician, and a management consultant. He has been active in the development of the curriculum for the graduate program in mathematics, science and technology education at St John Fisher College and in uses of educational technology.


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