Math anxiety starts early. It can be traced as far back as elementary school, mathematics assistant professor Amélie Schinck-Mikel said. In Schinck-Mikel’s MATH 227 class, Mathematics for Elementary Teaching I, students’ first assignment is to write an autobiography of their math experience. In that assignment, students discover when in their lives math started to become […]
Author Archives: MD Correspondent
Posted inNews
Students get preschooled
The Preschool Learning Lab on campus used to have almost as many students working as it had children. That has changed, as the lab has expanded to 40 hours per week with six students working at a time, Patty Clarkson, director of the lab, said. Now, she said, it is a better experience for the […]
Posted inNews
Student teaches math to prisoners
Amanda Meneses Special to the Mustang Daily In high school, Michael Bower tutored his peers in math. Calculus made sense to him, he said, and he was eager to help in any way he could. While at Cal Poly, Bower, a mathematics senior, has offered his understanding of algebra and calculus to tutor a range […]
Posted inNews
Rocket project is ‘bigger, better and cooler’
They’re working to build it bigger and send it higher. Cal Poly Space Systems is one step closer to building a rocket that will reach space. Space Systems has built five hybrid motor (HM) rockets during the past decade using liquid and solid fuels, according to club president and materials engineering senior Joe Vanherweg. The first […]
Posted inNews
Forbes calls BRAE major one of most important
Bioresource and agricultural engineering (BRAE) may not be a rockstar discipline, but it is just as important as other engineering majors, according to a recent Forbes Magazine article. In general, agricultural engineering majors have been looked down upon because the subject does not have the glitz and glamour of other majors, Forbes staff writer Alexander […]
Posted inNews
Paddle up: Cal Poly students help disabled with kayak program
Jordan Dunn Special to Mustang Daily Cal Poly’s course Kinesiology 407, Adapted Physical Activity, gives disabled individuals a chance to kayak on their own in Morro Bay. It also teaches kinesiology students how to work with these disabled individuals. Students interact with the disabled individuals on a personal level, said Kevin Taylor, head of the kinesiology […]
Posted inNews
Cal Poly ROTC responds to women in combat, front lines
Cristian Ponce Special to Mustang Daily There is no difference in standards between men and women in combat jobs, according to Cal Poly ROTC faculty and staff. This comes after the military lifted a ban on women performing on the front lines in January. The change has drawn criticism from those who question women’s ability […]
Posted inNews
Break it down: Cal Poly tractor building team looks for success
Dillon Payne Special to Mustang Daily First they build it. Then they try to break it — again and again. Cal Poly’s PolyBuilt Quarter Scale Tractor Design Team builds a tractor for the annual American Society of Biological Engineers’ International Quarter Scale Competition each academic year. And they constantly face the same problem. Almost every […]
Posted inNews
Students create beach wheelchair
Morgan Butler Special to Mustang Daily Beaches are for everyone, except those in wheelchairs. But the kinesiology department, along with the engineering department, is designing a new wheelchair to give people access to the sand and water, kinesiology senior and project consultant Alexa Colburn said. The team began by interviewing people in wheelchairs about their […]
Posted inFeatures
This is What I do When There is Nothing Else
Silvano J. Gonzalez is a bioresource and agricultural engineering freshman and Mustang Daily poetry contributor. There was once a man with a secret he couldn’t tell. It was not that he didn’t want to, he simply couldn’t. He didn’t know what the secret was. Sometimes he wanted to run. Sometimes he wanted to sit frozen. […]
Posted inNews
Statistics department looks to improve odds of job placement
Elyse Lopez Special to Mustang Daily Statistics majors at Cal Poly don’t have a problem finding jobs, but the department is doing everything it can to improve the odds that graduates get one, associate professor Jimmy Doi said. The statistics program brings alumni from different fields to come and speak about their success and give […]