Introduction · Videos
MIT OpenCourseWare
Project Laboratory in Mathematics
- Instructors
- Prof. Haynes Miller, Dr. Nat Stapleton, Saul Glasman, Susan Ruff
- Term
- Spring 2013
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 7 videos · 30 other files · 17 web pages
- Materials open
- Videos here · files on MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 18.821 Project Laboratory in Mathematics, Spring 2013, Prof. Haynes Miller, Dr. Nat Stapleton, Saul Glasman, Susan Ruff — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
Prerequisites are not listed here. Check MIT's own syllabus for this course.
How this course was organized
What's here, and what isn't
- This course has 4 videos, each embedded on its own MIT page, across 4 sections. They're shown in MIT's listing order within each section. A verified course-wide order is not claimed for this course.
Not included here
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Materials by section
Grouped by section, as MIT organized them. Not sequenced or ordered.
Introduction
Mathematical Work
Writing
18 files in this section
- An Annotated Journal Article Download
- Sample PDF Document created by pdfLaTeX Download
- Notes on Writing Mathematics Download
- The 18.821 Project Report Download
- Sample TeX Document Download
- Beamer template Download
Sample Student Papers
12 files
- Additional Comments on Sample Paper 1 from Prof. Haynes Miller Download
- Additional Comments on Sample Paper 2 from Prof. Haynes Miller Download
- Final Version of Sample Paper 1 Download
- Final Version of Sample Paper 2 Download
- First Draft of Sample Paper 1 Download
- First Draft of Sample Paper 1 with Comments from Prof. Haynes Miller Download
- First Draft of Sample Paper 1 with Comments from Susan Ruff Download
- First Draft of Sample Paper 2 Download
- First Draft of Sample Paper 2 with Comments from Prof. Haynes Miller Download
- First Draft of Sample Paper 2 with Comments from Susan Ruff Download
- Project Description: Number Squares Download
- Project Description: Tossing a Coin Download
Presentations
- Characteristics of an Effective Undergraduate Research Talk Download
- Notes on the Presentation Workshop Download
Practice and Feedback
Sample Student Presentation
Grading
- Fall 2013 Paper Rubric Download
- Fall 2013 Presentation Rubric Download
- Presentation Checklist Download
- Spring 2013 Writing Rubric Download
Related Resources
- A Project Laboratory in Mathematics, Mount Holyoke Presentation Download
- Supporting Teamwork In MIT’s Project Lab In Mathematic Download
Other materials from this course
12 images
- A group of eight students standing in a discussion circle Open ↗
- Students standing in a row while receiving number assignments from the professor Open ↗
- Two blindfolded students trying to communicate through hand signals Open ↗
- A row of blindfolded students with two of them standing face-to-face Open ↗
- Debriefing Background Open ↗
- Final Presentation Background Open ↗
- First Class Session Background Open ↗
- Practice Presentation Background Open ↗
- Presentation Workshop Background Open ↗
- Project Laboratory in Mathematics Background Open ↗
- Writing Workshop Background Open ↗
- Four people working over papers laid out on a desk Open ↗
More videos from MIT's YouTube channel
MIT OpenCourseWare posts these videos to its own YouTube channel, but this course's OCW page doesn't link them, so they aren't sequenced as activities here. Listed in each playlist's own order.
MIT 18.821 Project Laboratory in Mathematics, Spring 2013 Open playlist ↗
Course outline
Writing · Workshop Videos
Writing Workshop
Sample Student Papers · Videos
Debriefing for First Draft of Sample Paper 1
Presentations · Workshop Videos
Presentation Workshop
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Haynes Miller, Dr. Nat Stapleton, Saul Glasman, Susan Ruff, 18.821 Project Laboratory in Mathematics, Spring 2013.
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