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Padraig McLoughlin
      Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Come Up With An Idea and `MILK’ It

In order to establish IBL (Inquiry-Based Learning) at our University we have created a theme, MILK (Mathematics Inquiry Learning at Kutztown) Center and how we are attempting to encourage colleagues to adopt the principles and methods of the Moore Method and IBL at Kutztown and in the region.

We will discuss our success and failures in overcoming obstacles to inquiry-based learning by creating the MILK Center and programs which are centered on IBL which include: undergraduate student research; encouraging students to do Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs); having speakers come to Kutztown to talk about IBL; and, propose a BS-MS program which is centered on IBL (including from Senior Seminar for the BS through the thesis for the MS).

We will also discuss some ideas to ’sell’ IBL to a skeptical university community of students, faculty, and administrators (some of which are rather amusing).