Incorporating the Mathematical Achievements of Women and Minorities into Schools: NCCTM Centroid Columns and Classroom Activity Sheets

Dr. Sarah J. Greenwald

  • Incorporating the Mathematical Achievements of Women and Minority Mathematicians into Classrooms in "From Calculus to Computers: Using the Last 200 Years of Mathematics History in the Classroom" (eds. Richard Jardine and Amy Shell-Gellasch), MAA Notes, Volume 68, 2005, pp. 183-200. Also see project assignment, references for students, and Mon Feb 18- Mon Feb 25 for the mathematics discussed after each student presentation.

    NCCTM Columns

  • Hearing the Shape of a Drum
  • African Mathematician Muhammad and his Magic Squares
  • Hypatia, the First Known Woman Mathematician
  • David Blackwell and Game Theory
  • Thomas Fuller and his Calculation Ability
  • Florence Nightingale, the Passionate Statistician
  • Marjorie Lee Browne: North Carolina Educator
  • Putting the Model in Mathematician Role Models
  • Evelyn Boyd Granville: Complex Solutions to Real-Life Problems

    NCCTM Centroid Column on Hearing the Shape of a Drum
    with Andrew Nestler, NCCTM Centroid, Volume 28, Number 1, Winter 2001, p. 11 - 15.

     Includes a description of research showing that incorporating the mathematical achievements of women and minorities into school classrooms is beneficial to ALL students, and ways to include ideas related to the research of Carolyn Gordon and Kate Okikiolu into classrooms.

    Hearing the Shape of a Drum column - html version with working web links Print preview in Internet Explorer is recommended before printing this version. Shrink to 80% before printing in Netscape.
    Hearing the Shape of a Drum column - Microsoft Word 98 version

    Activity Sheets by Dr. Sarah J. Greenwald, [email protected]

    African Mathematician Muhammad and his Magic Squares
    with Deanna Wasman, NCCTM Centroid, Volume 28, Number 2, Summer 2001, p. 13 - 18.

    African Mathematician Muhammad and his Magic Squares - html version with working web links

    African Mathematician Muhammad and his Magic Squares - Adobe Acrobat PDF version

    Hypatia, the First Known Woman Mathematician
    with Edith Prentice Mendez, NCCTM Centroid, Volume 29, Number 1, Spring 2003, p. 19 - 24.

    Hypatia, the First Known Woman Mathematician - html version with working web links

    Hypatia, the First Known Woman Mathematician - Adobe Acrobat PDF version

    David Blackwell and Game Theory
    with Mark Ginn, NCCTM Centroid, Volume 29, Number 2, Fall 2003, pp. 12-18.

    html version of the column and worksheets

    Microsoft Word version of the column and worksheets

    Thomas Fuller and his Calculation Ability
    with Amy Ksir and Larry Shirley, NCCTM Centroid, Volume 30, Number 1, Spring 2004, pp. 15-19.

    html version of the column and worksheets

    Microsoft Word version of the column and worksheets

    Solutions

    Florence Nightingale, the Passionate Statistician
    with Jill Richie, NCCTM Centroid, Volume 30, Number 2, Fall 2004, pp. 13-21.

    PDF of the column
    PDF of Activity Sheet: Florence Nightingale's Polar Area Diagrams
    Solutions

    Marjorie Lee Browne: North Carolina Educator
    with Vicky Klima and Katie Mawhinney, NCCTM Centroid, Volume 31, Number 2, Fall 2005, pp. 28-32.

    PDF of the column, the worksheet, and worksheet solutions

    Putting the Model in Mathematician Role Models
    with Jill Thomley, NCCTM Centroid, Volume 32, Number 2, Fall 2006, pp. 20-22.

    PDF of the column

    Evelyn Boyd Granville: Complex Solutions to Real-Life Problems
    NCCTM Centroid, Volume 38, Number 2, Fall 2008.

    PDF of the column
    Slide Containing Quotation and Pictures