Description and Assignment
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Characteristics of Successful Projects
A successful project will focus on one or two mathematical ideas in
the general topic area. A less successful project will try to cover
too many ideas in less depth and will be lacking in focus. An
unsuccessful project will not have any math in it.
A successful project will make it clear to the reader, and to the
viewers of the poster, exactly what new mathematics the
authors/creators learned.
The emphasis of this project is not on research. Do not try and
research an entire topic area. Instead, focus on learning some new
mathematics. Your report should be written with other MCS-115
students as your intended audience.
Due dates
Topic and team: 11/14
Report: 12/9
Poster: 12/12
Periodicals in the Gustavus Library that may be of interest:
The American mathematical monthly (1894- ) (also available through Jstor)
Your poster should have a title and the names of the authors/creators
on it.
Your poster should give the viewer an idea of the math you learned,
but you do not need to present everything that is in your paper.
Extended sections of text are not appropriate.
Try to make your poster visually appealing.
Help with citation.
"The Everyday Writer" is the new reference used by the Writing Center and FTS. (click on
"Online" and then "Citation Styles", any style is fine MLA, Chicago,
etc. Be consistent.)