News on NCSCE and its initiatives is updated biweekly in the SENCER Digital Library (see link at right).  Selected items are posted below. Please click on the hyperlinked headlines for more information on each item.

Tenth Summer Institute Highlights Community, Looks to New Initiatives

SENCER welcomed nearly 300 invited participants and facilitators to the 2010 SENCER Summer Institute at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.  As always, the Institute featured thought-provoking sessions, vibrant discussion, and energetic planning for the coming academic year.  180 SSI participants were new to SENCER, and about 55 of these newcomers were associated with the GLISTEN (Great Lakes Innovative Stewardship Through Education Network) Collaborative Clusters.

8/11/2010

Summer Issue of Journal Released

This issue contains three articles in a featured section on “Mathematics and Civic Engagement.” Rikki Wagstrom from Metropolitan State University (Minneapolis, MN) contributes a research article titled "Teaching Pre-College Algebra Mathematics Through Environmental Sustainability: Curriculum Development and Assessment." Prabha Betne provides a project report on "Project Quantum Leap," an innovative mathematics curriculum at LaGuardia Community College in New York City. A second project report by Laura Jacobsen and Jean Mistele at Radford University (Radford, VA) describes challenges and effective strategies when introducing social issues into a mathematics education curriculum for pre-service teachers.

8/11/2010

Student Reflections on the Summer Institute

This is the last in this summer’s SENCER from a Student’s Perspective series, written by Shanna Dell.  We plan to continue to feature pieces by students and about incorporating student development in course and project design in the coming year.

8/11/2010

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