Presentations made at the
2010 San Francisco Joint Meetings of the AMS and MAA
from the contributed papers sessions on
Innovative and Effective Ways to Teach Linear Algebra

Talks from previous Joint Meetings

Session 1, Saturday morning

Eigenvalues and eigenvectors--helping students see what they do
    Melvin A. Nyman, Alma College

Student-centered linear algebra activities
    Gulden Karakok, UMERC, Umea University, Sweden

Introducing Linear Algebra to middle school students
    Pamela G. Coxson, University of California San Francisco

Interesting projects while teaching Linear Algebra courses
    Yun Lu, Kutztown University of PA

Learning the language of Linear Algebra: using reading assignments to immerse students in terminology and ideas
    Matt Boelkins, Grand Valley State University

Three tested ways to empower students to engage in linear algebra
    Peg Howland, Utah State University

Matrices of sequences: recurrent and computation
    Mark Anderson Miller, Marietta College

Transitioning to a Laguerre Basis
    Elyn Rykken, Muhlenberg College

Using quaternions and rotation matrices for rotations in R3
    Paul Raymond Bouthellier, University of Pittsburgh-Titusville

Session 2, Saturday afternoon

Linear Algebra done right! Back to Grassmann
    K. Rohan Attele, Chicago State University

One course to serve them all: mathematicians, computer scientists and engineers
    David Mazur, Western New England College

Learning technology to teach mathematics
    Josep Ferrer, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya

Use of technlogy in teaching the mathematics of Linear Algebra
    Carl C. Cowen, IUPUI

ICT Linear Algebra class model with Sage math
    Sang-Gu Lee, Sungkyunkwan University

Enhancing students' attitudes towards Linear Algebra with technology
    Karsten Schmidt, Schmalkalden University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Programming Linear Algebra
    Daniel R. Jordan, Columbia College Chicago

Looking at conceptual online Linear Algebra applets
    David E. Meel, Bowling Green State University

Matrix multiplication and applications: a chicken and egg problem
    Murphy Waggoner, Simpson College

Inverses for matrices that don't have inverses
    Jeffrey L. Stuart, Pacific Lutheran University

A java applet and tutorial for the Jacobi, Gauss-Seidel and SOR Methods
    David Strong, Pepperdine University

Using Linear Algebra to measure power
    Jennifer Wilson, Eugene Lang College the New School for Liberal Arts

Applying image processing techniques to promote conceptual understanding in Linear Algebra classes
    Jen-Mei Chang, California State University, Long Beach