Rann Bar-On, Senior Lecturer

Rann Bar-On specializes in early undergraduate mathematics education. For the past decade, he has taught and supervised Math 105L and 106L, entry-level calculus courses at Duke. He has edited the lab manual for these courses, introducing technological and pedagogical innovations adapted to each year's students. He has served as a college (pre-major) advisor to dozens of undergraduate students and as major advisor to a few. In 2017, he won Advisor of the Year, as chosen by the Academic Advising Center based on comments from his advisees.

Office Location:	013 Physics, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	+1 919 660 2872
Email Address:
Web Page:	https://services.math.duke.edu/~rann/

Teaching (Spring 2024):

• MATH 106L.001, LAB CALC/FUNCTIONS II Synopsis

  East Duke 204B, MWF 10:20 AM-11:10 AM

• MATH 106L.002, LAB CALC/FUNCTIONS II Synopsis

  West Duke 108B, MWF 12:00 PM-12:50 PM

• MATH 106L.01L, LAB CALC/FUNCTIONS II Synopsis

  Class Bldg 114, TuTh 12:00 PM-12:50 PM

• MATH 106L.02L, LAB CALC/FUNCTIONS II Synopsis

  West Duke 108B, TuTh 10:20 AM-11:10 AM

• MATH 106L.03L, LAB CALC/FUNCTIONS II Synopsis

  Class Bldg 137, TuTh 03:20 PM-04:10 PM

• MATH 105L.002, LAB CALC/FUNCTIONS I Synopsis

  West Duke 106, MWF 10:20 AM-11:10 AM

• MATH 105L.003, LAB CALC/FUNCTIONS I Synopsis

  West Duke 106, MWF 12:00 PM-12:50 PM

Office Hours:

Office hours: Tuesdays 11am-1pm
Calculus Help Room: Tuesdays 3-5pm

Education:

Ph.D.	Duke University	2009
M.A.	Duke University	2005
MMath	University of Warwick	2003

Specialties:

Applied Math

Research Interests: Mathematics Education

Areas of Interest:

calculus education
genetic networks

Keywords:

boolean networks • Education • math education • mathematical biology

Duties:

Math 25L.02 Instructor, Fall 10 Math 25L.03 Instructor, Fall 10 Math 31L.04 Instructor, Fall 10

Recent Publications

1. R. Bar-On, 105L-106L Coursepack, Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 (August, 2014)
2. Rann Bar-On, Jack Bookman, Benjamin Cooke, Donna Hall, Sarah Schott, (Re)discovering SoTL Through a Fundamental Challenge: Helping Students Transition to College Calculus, in Doing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Mathematics, MAA Notes, edited by Jacqueline M. Dewar and Curtis D. Bennett, vol. 83 (2014), pp. 59-66, The Mathematical Association of America, ISBN 9780883851937  [abs]
3. Bar-On, R; Bookman, J; Cooke, B; Hall, D; Schott, S, BRINGING STUDENTS INTO THE PELOTON: LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD AT HIGHLY SELECTIVE UNIVERSITIES, edited by Chova, LG; Torres, IC; Martinez, AL, EDULEARN12: 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND NEW LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES (January, 2012), pp. 1260-1270, IATED-INT ASSOC TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION A& DEVELOPMENT
4. Rann Bar-On, Paul Bendich, Benjamin Cooke, Michael Gratton, Timothy Lucas, Michael Nicholas, Nicholas Robbins, Abraham Smith, Joseph Spivey, Graduate Calculus Curriculum Review (March, 2007) [pdf]  [abs]

Selected Curriculum Innovations

1. 25L/26L syllabus rewrite, 2011    
2. Grad Student Calculus Committee, 2007