The Grand Rapids Community College Mathematics Department is pleased to announce that it will host its next Mathematics Seminar on Thursday, February 21, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m. in 103 Cook.
Our speaker is GRCC faculty member Brian Hadley. For the title and abstract of his talk, please see below.
The realm of mathematical forecasting is vast but fundamentally based on common sense ideas: Examine historical trends, assume that whatever was responsible for creating the past will continue to operate beyond the present, then use mathematical and/or statistical techniques to predict the future. Brian will discuss how this relates to classroom resource management. As is the case with all of our seminars, everyone is welcome!
Refreshments will be served at 10:45 a.m.
Mathematical Forecasting and Classroom Resources
Forecasting student attendance in class has allowed for a reduction of wasted paper.
Each semester I print quizzes, test, and worksheets for class use. Unfortunately, some of this paper is wasted primarily due to absent students. As a solution to this problem, I began forecasting student attendance, greatly reducing the amount of wasted printing.
Forecasting is a mathematical model that allows for a prediction of future trends. We will examine various forecasting methods that can provide reliable guidelines to classroom attendance trends and result in the reduction of paper waste.
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