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Matthew Jones, Ph.D.
Title: Associate Professor, Mathematics
Department: Mathematics
Office: NSM A-120
Phone Extension: x2410
Email Username: mjones
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Affordable Learning Initiatives
Show All MAT 107: Math For Elementary Teachers: Real Numbers MAT 207: Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: Geometry MAT 271: Foundations of Higher Mathematics -- Required Readings MAT 333: Abstract Algebra -- Required Readings MAT 521: Geometry for Teachers -- Required Readings MAT 523: Theory of Functions for Teachers MAT 543: Advanced Problem Solving for Teachers
MAT 107: Math For Elementary Teachers: Real Numbers
Fall 2012Fall 2011
Enrollment: 30-40 students
Savings per student: $100
- Professor created course notes/packet for students in order to save students approximately $100 for a Textbook typically used in the course. Packet is currently under review for publication in an online journal that makes its materials available for free.
MAT 207: Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: Geometry
Spring 2012Enrollment: 30-35 students
Savings per student: $100
- Professor uses course notes in order to save students approximately $100 for a Textbook typically used in the course.
MAT 271: Foundations of Higher Mathematics -- Required Readings
Spring 2012Enrollment: 25-30
Fall 2012
Textbook cost to students: $60.00
Cost of Professor's course packet: $0
Savings per student: $60.00
Course packet is available to students free of cost from the class's BlackBoard website.
A note from Professor Jones:
"I teach using an Inquiry-Based Learning, and I develop all of my own materials for most of the courses I teach."
MAT 333: Abstract Algebra -- Required Readings
Fall 2011Student enrollment: 32
Textbook cost to students: $70.00
Cost of Professor's materials: $0
Savings per student: $70.00
No textbook is required. Student materials used are a textbook in development by Matt Jones.
A note from Professor Jones:
"I teach using an Inquiry-Based Learning, and I develop all of my own materials for most of the courses I teach."
MAT 521: Geometry for Teachers -- Required Readings
Fall 2011Student enrollment: 12
Textbook cost to students: $50.00+
Cost of materials complied by Professor: $0
Savings per student: $50.00+
- Eclidean Geometry - A Guided Inquiry Approach, by David M. Clark. This textbook is a work-in-progress, given to students of Matt Jones, free of charge. Please see BlackBoard for a link to the book.
"I teach using an Inquiry-Based Learning, and I develop all of my own materials for most of the courses I teach."
MAT 523: Theory of Functions for Teachers
Spring 2013Enrollment: 7 students
Spring 2010
Enrollment: 20 students
Savings per student: $70
- Professor uses a combination of course notes and journal articles in order to save students approximately $70 for a Textbook typically used in the course.
MAT 543: Advanced Problem Solving for Teachers
Spring 2013Enrollment: 9 students
Savings per student: $70
- Professor used a combination of course notes and journal articles in order to save students approximately $70 for a Textbook typically used in the course.