{"title":"Mathematics and Society","authors":"M. Huber, Gizem Karaali","doi":"10.5642/jhummath.drto4674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5642/jhummath.drto4674","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Mathematics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46697028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Responsible Data Science for Genocide Prevention","authors":"Victor Piercey","doi":"10.5642/jhummath.dnfz3077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5642/jhummath.dnfz3077","url":null,"abstract":"The term “genocide” emerged out of an effort to describe mass atrocities committed in the first half of the 20 th century. Despite a convention of the United Nations outlawing genocide as a matter of international law, the problem persists. Some organizations (including the United Nations) are developing indicator frameworks and “early-warning” systems that leverage data science to produce risk assessments of countries where conflict is present. These tools raise questions about responsible data use, specifically regarding the data sources and social biases built into algorithms through their training data. This essay seeks to engage mathematicians in discussing these concerns.","PeriodicalId":42411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Mathematics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46558380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"I am a Math Professor","authors":"Cacey L. Wells","doi":"10.5642/jhummath.nwmy4726","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5642/jhummath.nwmy4726","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Mathematics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45921595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Students’ Mathematical Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Jessica Mean, Shilpa Dasgupta","doi":"10.5642/jhummath.rymx2129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5642/jhummath.rymx2129","url":null,"abstract":"This paper discusses our new approach to assessing student learning. This approach includes the use of a final project rather than a cumulative exam. In particular, we measure learning by assessing students’ ability to connect mathematics to the real world via a final project. We suggest that students taking a deep dive into one particular math concept and being able to make connections between that concept and the real world are educational achievements during this pandemic. We also argue that there is value in online learning because students who learn online choose to use library resources and develop their own interests by attending office hours, all of which benefit their learning.","PeriodicalId":42411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Mathematics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42496886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Long Search for Collatz Counterexamples","authors":"Oliver Clay","doi":"10.5642/jhummath.yqho7207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5642/jhummath.yqho7207","url":null,"abstract":"Synopsis Despite decades of effort, the Collatz conjecture remains neither proved, nor refuted by a counterexample, nor formally shown to be undecidable. This note introduces the Collatz problem and probes its logical depth with a test question: can the search space for counterexamples be iteratively reduced, and when would it help?","PeriodicalId":42411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Mathematics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47481618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Critical Co-Investigators of Math Trails: Reflections from a Student and Teacher","authors":"Benjamin Dickman, Julia Feinberg","doi":"10.5642/jhummath.jgzg2852","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5642/jhummath.jgzg2852","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, a K-12 mathematics educator and a recent (2020) high school graduate discuss curricular work related to math trails, which are based around the idea of mathematizing potential discoveries along a physical walk. The intersection of math trails with the realities of schooling amid the COVID pandemic is described, along with ways in which math trail learning has ramified beyond classroom walls. This collaboration serves not only to draw attention to the under-researched topic of math trails, but also to exhibit how students and teachers can, in the language of Freire, work together as critical co-investigators.","PeriodicalId":42411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Mathematics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43054170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synesthesia: 3.1415... Orange.WhitePeriwinkleWhiteBlue...","authors":"Shelly Harkness, Bethany Noblitt, Nicole Giesbers","doi":"10.5642/jhummath.kubp1703","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5642/jhummath.kubp1703","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we address the questions: What is synesthesia? What support(s) can teachers provide for their students who have synesthesia? Nicole, a future mathematics teacher who possesses this synesthesia “superpower”, describes how it impacted her learning. We collected data for this case study through an audio-recorded and transcribed interview, as well as from subsequent email correspondence between the three authors. We asked Nicole three kinds of questions: questions she is frequently asked, questions she would like to be asked, and questions teachers (like Shelly and Beth) might ask. Results indicate that synesthesia may have helped Nicole learn English as a second language as well as memorize certain mathematical formulas and procedures. Questions arose that, if answered, may influence the learning of not only other synesthetes in the mathematics classroom but also their classmates.","PeriodicalId":42411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Mathematics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135762084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chadrack Bantange, Darby Burgett, Luke Haws, S. Nelson
{"title":"The \"Benfordness\" of Bach Music","authors":"Chadrack Bantange, Darby Burgett, Luke Haws, S. Nelson","doi":"10.5642/jhummath.sgfv8169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5642/jhummath.sgfv8169","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":42411,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Humanistic Mathematics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43972433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}