Elizabethtown College

About: Elizabethtown College is a education organization based out in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Social work & Spacetime. The organization has 329 authors who have published 636 publications receiving 10083 citations.

Creative experiences in an interdisciplinary Honors course on mathematics in music

Abstract: I present six “Creative Experiences” that serve as culminating activities for each of the main units of study in an undergraduate interdisciplinary Honors course of my own design, “Mathematics in Music.” I discuss the rationale and philosophy behind the Creative Experiences, and provide a description and examples of each one. I conclude with some reflections on features that make the Creative Experiences effective learning tools. Supplemental online material for this article can be accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17459737.2014.936916.

Turkey–West Relations: The Politics of Intra-alliance Opposition

Abstract: This timely book fills an important gap in the literature of international relations, providing a thorough, up-to-date, empirically supported, and theoretically grounded analysis of how and why Turkish foreign policy has changed in recent years vis-a-vis the West. Presenting one of the first balancing studies that employs elite interviews as data, Turkey–West Relations develops a framework of intra-alliance opposition, classifying the tools of statecraft into three categories - boundary testing, boundary challenging, and boundary breaking. Six case studies are examined regarding Turkish foreign policy over the past nine years, exploring an array of topics including Turkey's foreign policy in relation to various nations and organizations, the refugee crisis, defense procurement, energy policies, and more. Dursun-Ozkanca demonstrates how international, regional, issue-specific, and domestic factors may serve to explain Turkey's increasing boundary-breaking behavior. This book is crucial for anyone who seeks to understand the recent growing rifts between Turkey and the US, the EU, and NATO.

Fractals in a first year undergraduate seminar

Abstract: The study of basic fractal geometry can help build students' enthusiasm for learning early in their undergraduate careers. To most undergraduate students, fractals are new, visually appealing, useful, and mathematically accessible. As a result, fractals can be an effective vehicle for introducing and reinforcing multiple modes of learning, which at many institutions is one of the main goals of general first-year undergraduate education. This article describes how fractals are used in one institution's "Freshman Seminar" program to help accomplish these goals.