Studying Students Studying Calculus: A Look at the Lives of Minority Mathematics Students in College.

@article{Treisman1992StudyingSS,
  title={Studying Students Studying Calculus: A Look at the Lives of Minority Mathematics Students in College.},
  author={Uri Treisman},
  journal={College Mathematics Journal},
  year={1992},
  volume={23},
  pages={362-372}
}
  • Uri Treisman
  • Published 1 November 1992
  • Education
  • College Mathematics Journal
Being invited to give this inaugural Dolciani Lecture is a special honor for me because I had the opportunity to sit in on some of Mary Dolciani's courses at Hunter College while I was a high school student, many years ago. I am frequently reminded of Professor Dolciani when I see her books as I do often in classrooms throughout the United States. Tonight I would like to describe the evolution of a project that I developed some 15 years ago at the University of California, Berkeley. Let me… 
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