MAT Program

The latest research article to appear for an MAT student is the following:

Athletics and Academics: Are They Compatible? By Mark Stegman, Westside High School with Larry J. Stephens, appeared in The High School Magazine, Volume 7, Number 6, February 2000. Mark received his MAT in 1996.

Two papers currently under submission by 2000 MAT graduates are:

1.

A Comparison of Teaching Seventh Grade Pre-Algebra Using Manipulatives with the Traditional Method of Lecture by Brooke. Hartnett and Larry J. Stephens submitted to the International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology.

2.

The Effect of Interscholastic Sports Participation on the Academic Achievement of Middle School Students by Laura Schaben and Larry J. Stephens submitted to The Middle School Journal.

Two studies by current MAT students that are under way are:

1.

Music and Mathematics by Rachel Mathenia.

2.

The Effect of Using Maple when Teaching Algebra to Seventh and Eighth Graders by Elizabeth Wessling.

Dr. Larry Stephens

(Editor's note: Professor Stephens came to UNO in 1974.)