PRIMUS Pub Date : 2023-10-05 DOI: 10.1080/10511970.2023.2265358

Justin Barhite, Benjamin Braun, Courtney George, Angela Hanson, Hunter Lehmann, Camille Schuetz, Chloe Urbanski Wawrzyniak

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Curated Collection: Modeling and Applications 策展集合:建模和应用

PRIMUS Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI: 10.1080/10511970.2023.2261175

Ethan Berkove, Ben Galluzzo

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A Grateful Acknowledgment of PRIMUS Reviewers 感谢PRIMUS审稿人

PRIMUS Pub Date : 2023-09-19 DOI: 10.1080/10511970.2023.2257088

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How One Instructor Can Teach a Large-Scale, Mastery-Based College Algebra Course Online 一个教师如何在网上教授大规模的、以掌握为基础的大学代数课程

PRIMUS Pub Date : 2023-09-14 DOI: 10.1080/10511970.2023.2190183

Darryl Chamberlain

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Empathy Through Data?: Student Exploration of Elements of Diversity through Projects in an Introductory Statistics Course 通过数据产生同理心?:在统计学导论课程中，学生通过项目探索多样性的要素

PRIMUS Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.1080/10511970.2023.2253962

Kirsten Doehler, Laura Taylor

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