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We accept article submission at any point during the year and priority for publication is based on the submission date.  Indicative MSOR Connections submission deadlines are:

MSOR Connections Nov 2009 - deadline 1 Sep 2009
MSOR Connections Feb 2010 - deadline 1 Dec 2009
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MSOR Connections Nov 2010 - deadline 1 Sep 2010
MSOR Connections Feb 2011 - deadline 1 Dec 2010
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Background information

MSOR Connections is the quarterly newsletter of the Maths, Stats & OR Network. It is available internationally via the Network website and is distributed free of charge to those within UK Higher Education involved in the teaching, learning and assessment of Mathematics, Statistics and Operational Research. It is published in February, May, August and November of each year and aims to promote, encourage, enhance and disseminate research, good practice and innovation in all aspects of the student learning experience within Mathematics, Statistics and Operational Research wherever these may be taught in Higher Education.

Submissions are always welcomed. For more information on submitting an article , please read the MSOR Connections Author Guidelines or email the editors at: editors[at]mathstore.ac.uk.

We have put together a new articles database. This is a complete version.
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Volume 9 Number 2

A complex thing made simple with GeoGebra / Maurice OReilly
This article was inspired by Chris Sangwin’s recent contribution on GeoGebra and geometrical funct..

Centre for Open Learning of Mathematics, Science, Computing and Technology / Catherine Reuben and Steve Swithenby
The Centre for Open Learning of Mathematics, Science, Computing and Technology (COLMSCT) is one of t..

Comparability between STEM subjects and others / Roger Porkess
This paper was written in conjunction with a seminar organised by Office of the Qualifications and E..

Current and ongoing activities / Michael Grove
A brief overview of activities of interest to the maths-related higher education academic community ..

Developing graduate and employability skills within a mathematical sciences programme / Stephen Hibberd and Michael Grove et al
The six short papers below were presented by their authors at a one-day workshop offered by the Math..

Diary / -
A selection of events, workshops and conferences of interest to the mathematics, statistics and oper..

Differentiation in three easy, GeoGebra-style, lessons / Chris Little
Why is calculus difficult? It required a conjunction of geometric and algebraic thinking to invent o..

Dynamic worksheets: visual learning with the guidance of Polya / Zekeriya Karadag and Douglas McDougall
More than sixty years ago, Polya developed a guideline for describing problem solving processes. He ..

Dyscalculia and numeracy testing / Janette Matthews
The Dyscalculia and Dyslexia Interest Group (DDIG) held the first in a series of three workshops cov..

GeoGebra in Egypt / Maha Ahmed Ismail
We started using GeoGebra in Egypt in November of 2008. It was one of three programs I used for my p..

Introducing GeoGebra to foundation year students / David Green and Carol Robinson
Staff in the Mathematics Education Centre at Loughborough University have been involved in an initia..

Introduction and Contents / -
Introduction and contents of MSOR Connections May 2009, the newsletter of the Maths, Stats & OR Netw..

Is mathematics support worthwhile? An overview of the 3rd Irish Workshop on Mathematics Learning and Support Centres / Ciarán Mac an Bhaird and Ann O’Shea
In this article we give a brief description of the 3rd Irish Workshop on Mathematics Learning and Su..

Learning to Develop Mathematics Lessons with GeoGebra / Erhan Selcuk Haciomeroglu, Lingguo Bu, Robert C. Schoen and Markus Hohenwarter
This paper describes how prospective secondary mathematics teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Con..

Letters to the editors / Alexandre Borovik
I appeal to all fellow mathematicians for their recollections of challenges they encountered in thei..

Realities from GeoGebra / Jose Manuel Arranz, Rafael Losada, José Antonio Mora and Manuel Sada
Dynamic geometry is to geometry as movies are to photographs. Enhancing its use in the classroom is ..

Recent ELMS videos available online / Peter James Rowlett
E-Learning in Mathematical Subjects (ELMS) is a research seminar series at Nottingham Trent Universi..

Student experiences of the transition to university / Neil Challis, Mike Robinson and Mike Thomlinson
University is the best time in your life, time to spread your wings and find your true potential. Fr..

The strength of the community: how GeoGebra can inspire technology integration in mathematics teaching / Markus Hohenwarter and Zsolt Lavicza
During the past decades, it has been demonstrated that a large number of enthusiasts can alter conve..

Using a problem-based approach to teach statistics to postgraduate science students: A case study / Thomas Jaki and Melanie Autin
The standard approach to teaching statistics is teacher-centered in which the lecturer tries to impo..





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