A Crash Course in Discrete Mathematics

A Four-Day Institute for High School Teachers

July 28 - 31, 2008

Busch Campus, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

  • Get a taste of what discrete mathematics is all about, and learn how you can use these contemporary topics in your classrooms

    Discrete mathematics will make math concepts come alive for your students. It's an excellent tool for improving reasoning and problem-solving skills, and is appropriate for students at all levels and of all abilities. Teachers have found that discrete mathematics offers a way of motivating unmotivated students and challenging honors students at the same time.

    Discrete mathematics is a rapidly growing and increasingly used area of mathematics with many practical and relevant applications. Because it is grounded in real world problems, discrete mathematics lends itself easily to implementing the recommendations of the NCTM Standards.

  • appropriate for all high school teachers of mathematics and computer science; based on the discrete mathematics standard in New Jersey's standards and the NCTM standards

  • the fee of $795 includes materials, continental breakfast, and lunch; with lodging (double-occupancy, three nights), the fee will be $950.

  • Hours of program:

    8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for 4 days (July 28 - 31, 2008)

  • Sponsored by the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS) and the Rutgers Center for Mathematics, Science and Computer Education (CMSCE).

  • Instructors: Joseph G. Rosenstein (Rutgers Professor of Mathematics), and L. Charles Biehl (Teacher of Mathematics and Director of Special Academic Programs at the Charter School of Wilmington)

  • Click here for a registration form, or call Kerstin Schnatter at (732) 445-0841, email kerstins@rutgers.edu or write:

    Crash Course 2008
    Rutgers University
    SERC Building - Room 221
    118 Frelinghuysen Road
    Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019

    Lodging cannot be guaranteed for registrations received less than 3 weeks before the start of the program.

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