Inspiration from Oakland Raiders’ Flavors BR and Educational Articles

March 6, 2011   ·   Damali Binta YAEL   ·   Jump to comments

In 2007, my calculus class needed a little pep talk to explain the many applications of the subject. At the time we were talking about integral calculus.
Somehow I thought about a former Oakland Raider who I remembered as a very good mathematics student at Texas Southern University. Since he is retired and so many people in 2007 did not remember his contributions to the NFL, I thought that I would design some type of sports and mathematics project to compare his contributions with those of other NFL players. Jerry Rice, now a Hall of Famer, was the focus of comparisons with other wide receivers.
The article inspired by the experiences in the class was titled, "Take a Good Look Using Mathematics."
During that semester I had an older, very brilliant student who already had a law degree from Harvard University and had practiced law for 30 years. He, too, was a student of calculus.
Before the class we decided on a math model to compare several wide receivers, from diffe...

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