Lois Kailhofer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor Milwaukee School of Engineering

  • Milwaukee WI

Lois Kailhofer is currently interested in cognitive research related to teaching and learning.

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Education, Licensure and Certification

Ph.D.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

1999

Dissertation title: A Partial Classification of Inverse Limit Spaces of Tent Maps with Periodic Critical Points

M.S.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

1992

B.S.

Mathematics and Physics

University of Wisconsin-Madison

1989

Biography

Dr. Lois Kailhofer received her undergraduate degree in math and physics from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She received her Masters and Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Her Ph.D. work was in dynamical systems. She currently teaches beginning programing courses and data science. She is currently interested in cognitive research related to teaching and learning.

Areas of Expertise

Symbolic Dynamics
Dynamical Systems and Geometric Topology
Cognitive Theory
Pedagogical Practices
Topological Dynamics

Affiliations

  • HLC Peer Reviewer

Selected Publications

Assessing Student Learning Outcomes Across a Curriculum

Assessing Competence in Professional Performance across Disciplines and Professions

2016

Disciplinary and professional competence in postsecondary education is made up of complex sets of constructs and role performances that differ markedly across the disciplines and professions. These often defy definition as learning outcomes because they are multidimensional and holistic.

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On the classification of inverse limits of tent maps

Fundamenta Mathematicae

2005

Let fs and ft be tent maps on the unit interval. In this paper we give a new proof of the fact that if the critical points of fs and ft are periodic and the inverse limit spaces (I,fs) and (I,ft) are homeomorphic, then s=t. This theorem was first proved by Kailhofer. The new proof in this paper simplifies the proof of Kailhofer. Using the techniques of the paper we are also able to identify certain isotopies between homeomorphisms on the inverse limit space.

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A classification of inverse limit spaces of tent maps with periodic critical points

Fundamenta Mathematicae

2003

We work within the one-parameter family of symmetric tent maps, where the slope is the parameter. Given two such tent maps fa, fb with periodic critical points, we show that the inverse limit spaces (

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