In Project Laboratory in Mathematics, students collaborate in teams on three projects during the semester. (Image courtesy of MIT OpenCourseWare.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Haynes Miller
Dr. Nat Stapleton
Saul Glasman
Susan Ruff
MIT Course Number
18.821
As Taught In
Spring 2013
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
- Selected video lectures
- Special feature - video
- Projects and examples
- Assignments: activity with examples
- Assignments: presentations with examples
- Assignments: written with examples
- Instructor insights
Course Description
Project Laboratory in Mathematics is a course designed to give students a sense of what it's like to do mathematical research. In teams, students explore puzzling and complex mathematical situations, search for regularities, and attempt to explain them mathematically. Students share their results through professional-style papers and presentations.
This course site was created specifically for educators interested in offering students a taste of mathematical research. This site features extensive description and commentary from the instructors about why the course was created and how it operates.