Presentations made at the
2014 Baltimore 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 of the morning of Friday, January 17, 2014

Using March Madness in the First Linear Algebra Course
    Steve Hilbert, Ithaca College

From March Madnesss to MATHness with linear algebra
    Tim Chartier, Davidson College

Using Classical Cryptography and Cryptanalysis as an Enrichment Exercise in a First Course in Linear Algebra
    Don Spickler, Salisbury University

Bilbo and the Last Moon of Autumn
    Andrew J. Simoson, King University

On The Heliocentric Circular Mechanical Energy Curves of Galileo
    Alexander Louis Garron, CEO Sand Box Geometry LLC

Student Projects to Visualize Iteration Patterns of Matrices with Complex Eigenvalues
    Rosemary Carroll Farley, Manhattan College

"Where Am I?" A Change of Basis Project
    Christina M. Selby, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Frame Construction in Linear Algebra: Frenet-Serret as Modified Gram-Schmidt
    Itai Seggev, Wolfram Research

Analogies between matrix equations and linear differential equations
    Gilbert Strang, MIT

Session of the afternoon of Friday, January 17, 2014

Row rank equals column rank: Three good proofs
    Gilbert Strang, MIT

Preparing students for linear algebra concepts with pre-class work
    Feryal Alayont, Grand Valley State University

Peer instruction in linear algebra
    Robert Talbert, Grand Valley State University

Teaching Linear Algebra with Clickers in three Worlds of Embodied, Symbolic and Formal Mathematical Thinking.
    Sepideh Stewart, University of Oklahoma

Putting Together the Puzzle: Understanding Linear Independence, Spanning, and Bases via Group Exploration
    Handout 1     Handout 2
    Teresa D Magnus, Rivier University

Transforming Linear Algebra with GeoGebra
    James D. Factor, Alverno College