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Project Laboratory in Mathematics

Prof. Haynes Miller and others · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

Project Laboratory in Mathematics is a course designed to give students a sense of what it’s like to do mathematical research. In teams, students explore puzzling and complex mathematical situations, search for regularities, and attempt to explain them mathematically. Students share their results through professional-style papers and presentations.

This course site was created specifically for educators interested in offering students a taste of mathematical research. This site features extensive description and commentary from the instructors about why the course was created and how it operates.

Lectures

Introduction

  1. Project Laboratory in Mathematics: A Taste of Research 10 min · Video
  2. First Class Session 32 min · Video

Writing

  1. Writing Workshop 1 h 23 min · Video

Sample Student Papers

  1. Debriefing for First Draft of Sample Paper 1 37 min · Video

Presentations

  1. Presentation Workshop 49 min · Video

Sample Student Presentation

  1. Practice Presentation 1 1 h 12 min · Video
  2. Final Presentation 1 39 min · Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Mathematics
Taught by
Prof. Haynes Miller, Dr. Nat Stapleton, Saul Glasman, Susan Ruff
Term
Spring 2013
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Prof. Haynes Miller, Dr. Nat Stapleton, Saul Glasman, Susan Ruff. Project Laboratory in Mathematics. Spring 2013. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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