Michael B. Ward
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Mailing Address: Michael Ward
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Phone: (503) 838-8443 (Office) |
E-mail: wardm@wou.edu |
Selected Publications:
On Minimal Non-p-closed Groups and Related Properties,
with L. C. Kappe, G. Mendoza, and M. Mazur, Publicationes
Mathematicae Debrecen 78 (2011) 219-233 (preprint).
Cosets and Cayley-Sudoku Tables, with Jennifer
Carmichael and Keith Schloeman, Mathematics
Magazine 83 (2010) 130-139 (preprint with some bad formatting)
On a conjecture of Alvis, with Michael
J. J. Barry, Journal of Algebra 294 (2005)
136-155 (preprint).
On
self-normality and abnormality in the alternating groups,
with Ben Brewster and Qinhai Zhang, Archiv der Mathematik 83 (2004),
385-393 (preprint).
New Practices in Teaching Mathematical Definitions,
with Barbara Edwards, Preparing Future
Science and Mathematics Teachers:
Faculty Write about CEPT Innovations on Campuses Today, D. Smith and
E. Swanson, eds.,
Surprises from Mathematics Education Research: Student
(Mis)use of Mathematical Definitions, with Barbara Edwards, American
Mathematical Monthly 111 (2004), 411-424.
Notes:
Orthogonal-Sudoku
Tables, slides from a talk given at the Pacific Northwest
Section MAA Meeting 2013.
Magic Cayley-Sudoku Tables with Rosanna
Mersereau, slides (with addenda) from a talk given at the Joint Mathematics
Meetings 2013, San Diego.
Cayley-Sudoku Tables, Loops, Quasigroups, andMore
Questions from Undergraduate Research with Kady Hossner, slides for a talk
given at XXXI Ohio State-Denison Mathematics Conference May 2012
Cayley-Sudoku
Tables, with Jennifer Carmichael and Keith Schloeman, slides
for a talk given at the Joint Mathematics Meetings 2007, New Orleans.
Everything You Want to Know About Bridge Courses--Except
Whether They Work, with Jennifer Carmichael, slides for a
talk given at the Joint Mathematics Meetings 2007,
What Is Studied in, Written For, and Remembered From
Western Oregon University's Bridge Course, expanded notes for
a talk given at the Joint Mathematics Meetings 2008,
Links for Courses:
Geometry Explorer: Software and Users Guide Version
1.0 (used in MTH 337)
(Geometry Explorer: Software and Users Guide
Version 2.0Beta)
D. R. Wilkins, The History of Mathematics, Trinity College,
Dublin
Hints, tips, and help for writing mathematics well, Purdue
University, Calumet
MAA
Journal Guidelines for Writing
MTH 403W LaTeX template for
senior papers.
MTH 280W Concept Image & Concept Image
Miscellanea:
Rosemary Fama’s 2006 Math Club Poster
“What
Teachers Make” a poem by Taylor Mali
Education Pays 2010:
The Benefits of Higher Education for Individuals and Society in Brief, The College Board
Help
Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements through 2018,Center on Education and the Workforce at
What Will Improve a Student’s Memory?,
American Educator (how memory works & applying that to studying)
If you have comments or suggestions, email me at wardm@.wou.edu.
