WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education
Print ISSN: 1790-1979, E-ISSN: 2224-3410
Volume 15, 2018
A Research-Based Pedagogical Approach to Introduction to Differential Equations for Undergraduate Students at an American Two-Year College
Authors: , , , ,
Abstract: Undergraduate students pursuing degrees in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) at two-year colleges in the United States are usually required to take an introductory course in ordinary differential equation. The pedagogical strategy in most cases has been based primarily on presenting various standard techniques used in solving differential equations. This approach involves very little student research. The Mathematics Department at Queensborough Community College (QCC) has adopted a new student researchbased approach to its introductory course in ordinary differential equations. In this approach students learn very early in the course to apply technology and research techniques to solve real-world problems. This paper presents some of the student research and our preliminary findings.
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Keywords: Auxiliary equations, integrating factor, first-order, eigenvalues, homogeneous equation, nonhomogeneous equation, linear system, research-based
Pages: 16-25
WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1790-1979 / 2224-3410, Volume 15, 2018, Art. #