Exploring the Levels of Mathematical Modeling Prompts in the Illustrative Mathematics Algebra I and Geometry Curricula Amare Mebrahtu Graduate Student University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee This event will take place virtually over Teams on Friday, January 16th from 3:00pm–4:30pm. The Common Core State …
MS Thesis Defense Carlos Sanchez Diaz Graduate Student University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee This thesis investigates the pedagogical approaches to mathematical functions in the United States and Mexico with the goal of improving instruction in mathematics for Spanish-speaking English Language Learners. By …
Graded multiplicities in the Kostant-Rallis setting Mr. Andrew Frohmader Graduate Student University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee This dissertation contains two main results. First, we provide combinatorial branching rules for GL(n, C) to O(n, C) and GL(2n, C) to Sp(2n, C) extending the …
Proving a Softball Pitch Can Rise Under 60mph Through Mathematical Modeling Jerianne Bonaguidi Graduate Student University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Many softball coaches claim that a pitcher cannot actually throw a rise ball under 60mph; they claim it is just a “high …