2025 Session Materials

Math Class Can Be Fun? Engaging Students Through Connection, Collaboration and Creativity
Rochelle Mitchell • Green River College

• Math Trivia template (Canva)
• Math Jeopardy! template (Canva)

A Precalculus Breakwater Roundtable: Helping Students Navigate the Waters of Future STEM Success
Sean Boyd • Tacoma Community College

• presentation slides (PDF)

Implementing the “Modernizing Statistics” SBCTC Recommendations
Linda Richard & Lise Trivett • Cascadia College

• presentation materials

Is Darkness Faster than the Speed of Light?
Dr. William T. Webber • Whatcom Community College

• presentation materials
• video of presentation 

From ABE to College: Transforming Adult Math Education from the Bridge College Model
Dawn Draus, Megan Luce, Sherry McLean & Laura Wisman • SBCTC

• presentation slides (PDF)

High-School Mathematics Examinations in East Asia
Salah M. Abed • Big Bend Community College

• presentation slides (PDF)
• problem collection (Google Drive)

What Makes Math So FUN: Brain Teasers
Laurie James • University of Hawai‘i — West O‘ahu

• presentation slides (PDF)

Accessibility: Let’s All Level Up!
Kate Cook & Allie Dykes • Clark College

• presentation slides (PDF)
• presentation handout (PDF)

Creative Mathematicians: What Watercolor Taught Me About Being a College Mathematics Professor
Rebecca Luttrell • Columbia Basin College

• presentation slides

Developing Math-Focused Web Applications with Generative AI
Hoewoon Kim • Columbia Basin College

• presentation slides

Towards Quantitative Literacy: Interesting Problems in Finance
Dusty Wilson • Highline College

• presentation materials

Using Oral Exams in Post-Pandemic Teaching for Online Classes
Michele Wallace • Green River College

• presentation slides

WAMATYC Discussion About Research Projects
Rajesh Lal • Pierce College

Q&A Panel: How We Use Oral Exams in Post-Pandemic Teaching
Michele Wallace, Luther Lessor & Jason Counihan • Green River College

• presentation slides (PDF)

ALEKS For Calculus: The Process, the Power and the Product
Tammy Louie & Eric Ziegler • McGraw-Hill

• presentation slides

Valuations of Pre-A* Algebras
Jonnalagadda Venkateswara Rao • United States International University — Africa

• presentation slides (PDF)

Enhancing Student Learning Skills
Charles Camacho • University of Washington 

• presentation slides (PDF)

Trolling Students: Why We Should Ask Worse Questions
Jason Counihan • Green River College

• presentation slides (PDF)

Math Matters Early: Empowering Future Teachers to Build Strong Foundations
Megan Luce • Cascadia College
Andrea Motyka • Peninsula College
Catherine Conway • North Seattle College

• presentation slides 

A New Self-Placement Tool
Dawn Draus & David Lippman • SBCTC

• DSP setup instructions
• overview and examples
• wamathpathways.org

The Volume of a Bird Egg
Yves Nievergelt • Eastern Washington University

• presentation slides (PDF)

Modern Solutions for Teaching Calculus: Tools to Boost Engagement and Success
Eric Schulz • Walla Walla Community College

• presentation slides

Responding to the Need for Data Scientists in the South Puget Sound
Zaher Kmail, Maureen Kennedy, David Arthur, Julia Eaton, Duong (Rita) Than & Haley Skipper • University of Washington — Tacoma

• presentation slides (PDF)

From Calculators to AI: What the Past Can Teach Us About Students’ Use of Technology
Marjorie Rasmussen • Bates College

• presentation slides