Dr. Constant J. Goutziers


A Seven College Collaboration for Integrating Inquiry-Based Learning, Mathematics Modeling and Technology into the Mathematics Curriculum (SCCIMT).
A two-year project sponsored by the  National Science Foundation

Overall Project Director and Coordinator
 Jack Y. Narayan


Project Director for Oneonta Constant J. Goutziers
Participating Faculty for Oneonta Frank C. Kost, David E. Manes
Participating Schools SUNY Oswego, SUNY Farmingdale, SUNY Oneonta, SUNY Brockport, Adirondack Community College, St. John Fisher College, and  Alfred University

About the Oneonta Project Director
Constant Goutziers received his Ph.D. in 1980 from the  Delft University of Technology   in the Netherlands.  His specialty is classical analysis, with side interests in numerical analysis and analytic number theory. Dr. Goutziers has been part of the Oneonta mathematical sciences department since 1987.  He established a record of teaching innovation and use of technology, throughout the mathematics curriculum.

About the Oneonta Participating Faculty
David Manes received his D. Ed. In 1981 from Penn State University.  His specialty is group theory, with side interests in number theory and linear algebra.  Dr. Manes has been at Oneonta State since 1965.  He has taught virtually the entire mathematics curriculum here at Oneonta. 
Frank Kost received his M.A. and D.Ed. degrees in mathematics from Penn State University. His speciality is topology and analysis. He has published in a variety of research and teacher education journals including the Duke Mathematics Journal, Pacific Journal of Mathematics, Mathematics Magazine and The Mathematics Teacher. Dr. Kost has been at Oneonta State since 1969. He regularly teaches Analysis, Calculus and Differential Equations.  

About the Oneonta part of the SCCIMT project
SUNY Oneonta will implement two nationwide initiatives, sponsored by the National Science Foundation:  The linear algebra project aims for enrichment of the classical linear algebra course, through the use of technology and new pedagogy.  The course features a state of the art text (Introduction to Linear Algebra, by Gilbert Strang), combined with computer based applications derived from ATLAST.

The differential equations project approaches the subject from a dynamical systems point of view.  The course offers an overview of qualitative and quantitative
techniques, with an emphasis on mathematical modeling. The textbook ( Differential Equations , by Blanchard, Devaney  and Hall) represents a major development in the teaching of ordinary differential equations.

1999 / 2003 Oneonta implementation schedule and detailed information
Fall 1999:  Constant Goutziers MATH 323, Linear Algebra & Matrix Theory I
Fall 1999:  Constant Goutziers MATH 277, Ordinary Differential Equations
Spring 2000:  Frank Kost MATH 277, Ordinary Differential Equations
Spring 2000: David Manes MATH 324, Linear Algebra & Matrix Theory II
Fall 2000: David Manes MATH 323, Linear Algebra & Matrix Theory I
Spring 2001: Constant Goutziers MATH 277, Ordinary Differential Equations
Spring 2001: David Manes MATH 324, Linear Algebra & Matrix Theory II
Fall 2001: David Manes MATH 323, Linear Algebra & Matrix Theory I
Spring 2002: Constant Goutziers MATH 277, Ordinary Differential Equations
Spring 2002: David Manes MATH 324, Linear Algebra & Matrix Theory II
Fall 2002: Constant Goutziers MATH 277, Ordinary Differential Equations