# Project Laboratory in Mathematics

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

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## 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

## Educator Features

- 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.

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Haynes Miller, Nat Stapleton, Saul Glasman, and Susan Ruff. 18.821 Project Laboratory in Mathematics. Spring 2013. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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