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Put your best figure forward: line graphs and scattergrams.

There is an old saying that “a picture is worth a thousand words.” In truth, only a well-prepared, selfexplanatory picture is worth a thousand words. The same holds true for research studies, for which 1 of the main methods we use to communicate our message is in figures and graphs. Figures and graphs tell much of the story by giving readers a visual anchor to help them see, understand, and rem...

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Putting Your Best Foot Forward: Movement & Mathematics in College

This 90-minute workshop shares several aspects of an innovative interdisciplinary college course, Pattern Play, that links mathematics and dance to meet creative arts and quantitative literacy requirements. Participants will: 1) Engage in two open-ended movement activities – Giant Tangrams and Hustling Graph – that introduce geometry, algebra, and dance concepts as well as the broader theme of ...

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Nestling birds put their best flange forward

The offspring of caring parents may evolve specialized traits uniquely adaptive during their dependence on parental care. For example, the mouths of passerine nestlings are often bordered by enlarged and colorful rictal flanges expressed only during the nestling period. Although these traits are commonly hypothesized to act as visual signals during begging, noncommunication functions for the sp...