High School Students Get Exposure to College Math Via Problem Solving
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Nov. 14, 2006
Joe Wills
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High School Students Get Exposure to College Math Via Problem Solving
Sixty-six students from Northern California high schools will have fun tackling sticky math problems during the second annual College Math Day, Friday, Nov. 17, at California State University, Chico.
The goal of the event is to introduce high school students to college and college-level math with interesting presentations and a problem-solving competition.
Lori Holcomb, coordinator of College Math Day, said many of the students would be the first person in their family to attend college and can benefit from meeting professors and seeing that college-level math can be fun.
"It is really great to watch the students do problem solving in math," said Holcomb. "They are all engaged and telling themselves, 'This is fun; I can do this.' It's better than any spectator sport."
The students will gather to register in the lobby of the Physical Science Building at 9:30 am. Faculty presentations run from 10 am to noon. Students will form groups to compete in problem solving from 1 to 2:30 pm, followed by an awards assembly in Plumas 102 to honor winning student groups.
Students are invited to participate in the event by their teachers, who also come to CSU, Chico to attend College Math Day. The event is sponsored by the CSU, Chico Math Club, CSU, Chico Math Project, CSU, Chico Project M.A.T.H. (Math and Teaching on the Horizon), CSU, Chico Center for Math and Science Education and the CSU, Chico Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
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