tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51230026299499356302024-03-05T02:03:31.405-08:00Active Learning DayMathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-46097424627552933312017-03-17T12:33:00.000-07:002017-03-21T08:39:53.938-07:00Active Learning Day Resources GuideIn a nationwide movement to elevate STEM education, the MAA proudly participated in the inaugural Active Learning Day, October 25. We have created a resource guide to help people use active learning in their classrooms with more ease and confidence. Links are embedded in the resource guide below.<br />
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Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-78925016699272586682016-10-27T09:23:00.002-07:002016-10-27T09:23:39.053-07:00MAA Books for Active LearningSome people like to write their own notes for their active learning classroom. However, many resources that we've already shared on this blog, like the <a href="http://activelearningdaymaa.blogspot.com/2016/10/discovering-art-of-mathematics-textbooks.html" target="_blank">Art of Mathematics</a> and the<a href="http://activelearningdaymaa.blogspot.com/2016/10/journal-of-inquiry-based-learning-in.html" target="_blank"> Journal of Inquiry Based Learning</a>, provide great textbooks and resources you can use. The MAA also has several books that are useful for an Active Learning Approach.<br />
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Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-7830485763094121562016-10-26T12:17:00.003-07:002016-10-26T12:44:38.677-07:00Faculty development - how to learn about active learning<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Participating in faculty development is one key way instructors can learn how to apply active learning approaches. Our group has been evaluating workshops on Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) to learn what makes them effective in changing instructors' teaching practices - results show 60-80% of instructors reported using IBL in the year following the workshops (See links 1 & 2 for more information). One key feature is that these workshops help participants learn how to implement IBL in a variety of contexts from large, introductory courses to small, upper-level courses. Building upon the results of these evaluations, the Academy of Inquiry-Based Learning and E&ER have recently begun a new NSF-funded project, PRODUCT (link 3 below), to increase capacity for training greater numbers of instructors to use IBL. Over 5 years, they will train new workshop facilitators, who will offer a dozen intensive workshops as well as shorter workshops. (See link 4 for more information). They are great hands-on opportunities for those interested in active learning to learn from skilled colleagues how to implement IBL in their courses and develop plans for an IBL course that fits your own context."}" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Participating in faculty development is one key way instructors can learn how to apply active learning approaches. Our group has been evaluating workshops on Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) to learn what makes them effective in changing instructors' teaching practices - results show 60-80% of instructors reported using IBL in the year following the workshops (See <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/eer/research/profdev.html" target="_blank">here</a> & <a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40753-015-0021-y" target="_blank">here</a> for more information). One key feature is that these workshops help participants learn how to implement IBL in a variety of contexts from large, introductory courses to small, upper-level courses. Building upon the results of these evaluations, the Academy of Inquiry-Based Learning and E&ER have recently begun a new NSF-funded project, <a href="http://www.inquirybasedlearning.org/product-workshops/" target="_blank">PRODUCT</a> , to increase capacity for training greater numbers of instructors to use IBL. Over 5 years, they will <a href="http://www.inquirybasedlearning.org/new-index/" target="_blank">train new workshop facilitators</a>, who will offer a dozen intensive workshops as well as shorter workshops. They are great hands-on opportunities for those interested in active learning to learn from skilled colleagues how to implement IBL in their courses and develop plans for an IBL course that fits your own context.</span><br />
<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Participating in faculty development is one key way instructors can learn how to apply active learning approaches. Our group has been evaluating workshops on Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) to learn what makes them effective in changing instructors' teaching practices - results show 60-80% of instructors reported using IBL in the year following the workshops (See links 1 & 2 for more information). One key feature is that these workshops help participants learn how to implement IBL in a variety of contexts from large, introductory courses to small, upper-level courses. Building upon the results of these evaluations, the Academy of Inquiry-Based Learning and E&ER have recently begun a new NSF-funded project, PRODUCT (link 3 below), to increase capacity for training greater numbers of instructors to use IBL. Over 5 years, they will train new workshop facilitators, who will offer a dozen intensive workshops as well as shorter workshops. (See link 4 for more information). They are great hands-on opportunities for those interested in active learning to learn from skilled colleagues how to implement IBL in their courses and develop plans for an IBL course that fits your own context."}" style="font-family: "arial" , "sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">(Shared by Chuck Hayward, </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Ethnography & Evaluation Research, UC Boulder)</span>Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-55340436173299889412016-10-26T08:51:00.004-07:002016-10-26T08:51:42.971-07:00Active Learning and Self-Awareness<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"One of the best \"side effects\" of active learning is that students develop metacognition - self-awareness of their own learning and problem-solving approaches. Metacognition supports mathematical problem-solving because students with good metacognitive skills can better analyze and adjust their own problem-solving approaches or abandon ones that are not fruitful. Thus metacognition transfers to other settings - it's a lifelong learning habit. A metacognitive classroom has a rich mathematical culture where students are behaving like mathematicians, examining claims and asking for justifications. Alan Schoenfeld demonstrates this link in his classic article on metacognition and problem solving and suggests four ways to foster metacognition in your own classroom."}" style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">One of the best "side effects" of active learning is that students develop metacognition - self-awareness of their own learning and problem-solving approaches. Metacognition supports mathematical problem-solving because students with good metacognitive skills can better analyze and adjust their own problem-solving approaches or abandon ones that are not fruitful. Thus metacognition transfers to other settings - it's a lifelong learning habit. A metacognitive classroom has a rich mathematical culture where students are behaving like mathematicians, examining claims and asking for justifications. Alan Schoenfeld demonstrates this link in his <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/physics/EducationIssues/T&LPhys/PDFs/Schoenfeld_metacognition.pdf" target="_blank">classic article on metacognition and problem solving</a> and suggests four ways to foster metacognition in your own classroom. </span><br />
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<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"One of the best \"side effects\" of active learning is that students develop metacognition - self-awareness of their own learning and problem-solving approaches. Metacognition supports mathematical problem-solving because students with good metacognitive skills can better analyze and adjust their own problem-solving approaches or abandon ones that are not fruitful. Thus metacognition transfers to other settings - it's a lifelong learning habit. A metacognitive classroom has a rich mathematical culture where students are behaving like mathematicians, examining claims and asking for justifications. Alan Schoenfeld demonstrates this link in his classic article on metacognition and problem solving and suggests four ways to foster metacognition in your own classroom."}" style="font-family: arial,sans,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">(Shared by Sandra Laursen, UC Boulder). </span>Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-32246543762258066082016-10-25T07:54:00.001-07:002016-10-25T07:54:15.501-07:00Happy Active Learning Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-363096684854792782016-10-21T13:12:00.001-07:002016-10-21T13:12:36.108-07:00Beyond Lecture: Techniques to Improve Student Proof-Writing Across the Curriculum<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-52763556523609143132016-10-21T13:08:00.002-07:002016-10-21T13:09:08.850-07:00A TeXas Style Introduction to Proof<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-74479803763189619162016-10-21T12:53:00.003-07:002016-10-21T12:53:55.935-07:00Calculus Concept Inventory (Epstein)<span id="docs-internal-guid-78888db5-e8cd-4177-0969-393ec349e30c"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">While <a href="http://www.ams.org/notices/201308/rnoti-p1018.pdf" target="_blank">this paper</a> and the tool it uses have been critiqued, this paper makes a compelling case that not all active learning classrooms are equal and that we need to strive for environments in which students articulate their thinking to get feedback in quick and meaningful cycles. While the paper is intended for educators, having students read it can be helpful for building student buy-in for active learning, especially if they feel that they would be learning more by listening. </span><div>
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Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-18998645984958483692016-10-21T12:44:00.001-07:002016-10-21T12:44:21.910-07:00Inquiry-Oriented course materials<span id="docs-internal-guid-78888db5-e8c3-ee94-63af-f3a8f802225b"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Teaching Abstract Algebra for Understanding" (now "Inquiry-Oriented Abstract Algebra"), "Inquiry-Oriented Differential Equations", and "Inquiry-Oriented Linear Algebra" are each sets of course materials based on extensive research build from Freudenthal's "Realistic Mathematics Education" paradigm. After requesting access, instructors can see polished course materials that includes discussion of goals and design concerns, examples of student work, and likely student conceptions along the way. Website: </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-78888db5-e8c4-506d-c9a3-30d34c406532"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.6667px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://times.math.vt.edu/" style="text-decoration: none;">http://times.math.vt.edu/</a></span></span><div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/upri20" target="_blank">PRIMUS</a> is a pedagogically focused journal for mathematicians. The articles discuss math problems or teaching interventions, and they are written with the goal of allowing readers to adapt ideas for their own context. Many of the papers in PRIMUS can help mathematician readers apply research coming out of the Mathematics Education (especially RUME) community without having to develop the skills to read full research-level papers. Special issues on inquiry or active learning will be particularly fruitful, including the upcoming special issue on "Teaching Inquiry".</span><div>
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Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-53120106514252301182016-10-21T12:39:00.001-07:002016-10-21T12:39:26.697-07:00Journal of Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics<span id="docs-internal-guid-78888db5-e8c0-b931-4bdf-716d75774924"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://jiblm.org/" target="_blank">JIBLM</a> contains peer-vetted classroom resources for inquiry-based learning. Most of these materials are for full courses or larger modules, but the site is moving to include smaller-scale resources. This is also a nice repository where you could share materials that you have developed.</span><div>
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Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-65515870853682490212016-10-21T12:37:00.001-07:002016-10-21T12:37:37.914-07:00VenSim<span id="docs-internal-guid-78888db5-e8be-ed8a-b45e-0c796245e13e"></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Differential (really difference) equations, such as the famous SIR model from epidemiology, can be coded into spreadsheet technologies, but they require some technical expertise, and it can be hard for students to make sense of the model because some columns will end up representing populations while others are constants or changes. <a href="https://vensim.com/" target="_blank">VenSim</a> allows a graphical layout that helps separate the kinds of variables at play. Moreover, it allows users to see the impact of changing parameters dynamically, which facilitates the kind of exploration that would be extremely difficult symbolically. It's October, so you might consider adapting SIR to be about a zombie epidemic, asking students to evaluate different plans to fight the scourge.</span><div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A look at what makes college "successful" (or not) for students, based on many different notions of "success". A major discovery is that early connections with a good professor and/or mentor make a bigger difference than we think. </span></div>
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Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-42271327608480313222016-10-21T12:33:00.002-07:002016-10-21T12:33:17.565-07:00Make it Stick: The science of successful learning<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This book describes how to use quizzing, distributed practice, interleaving to increase student learning (or rather, to "interrupt forgetting"). Highly readable, both for teachers and for students.</span></div>
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Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-37631065461278573142016-10-19T14:53:00.001-07:002016-10-21T11:51:37.167-07:00Ethnography Research and Inquiry Based Learning<span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is much research showing that IBL is effective at teaching students mathematics. One of the most striking results is that the students' attitudes towards mathematics can change significantly after taking an IBL course, especially among students who are women. In the forefront of this research are the faculty of the <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/eer/index.html" target="_blank">Ethnography & Evaluation Research</a> group at UC Boulder, led by Sandra Laursen. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Laursen, S.L., Hassi, M., Kogan, M., & Weston, T. (2014), Benefits for Women and Men of Inquiry-Based <span class="il">Learning</span> in College Mathematics: A Multi-Institution Study, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, </span><span style="font-family: arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vol. 45, No. 4 (July 2014), pp. 406-418. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-Kogan, M. & Laursen, S.L. (2014), Assessing Long-Term Effects of Inquiry-Based <span class="il">Learning</span>: A Case Study from College Mathematics, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Innovative Higher Education</span><span style="font-family: arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Volume 39, Issue 3, pp. 183--199. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white;">The complete set of their research can be found in </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.colorado.edu/eer/research/steminquiry.html&source=gmail&ust=1476999960097000&usg=AFQjCNHmHKSEkUSpY3B9o4yrFZFsRw5hZw" href="http://www.colorado.edu/eer/research/steminquiry.html" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.colorado.edu/eer/<wbr></wbr>research/steminquiry.html</a><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span>Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-72729259246941244012016-10-19T14:32:00.004-07:002016-10-21T11:51:37.184-07:00Discovering the Art of Mathematics - Newsletter<span id="docs-internal-guid-78888db5-dedb-7d8a-b844-b07b30044924"></span><br />
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Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-81536714528668442782016-10-19T14:31:00.000-07:002016-10-21T11:51:37.191-07:00Discovering the Art of Mathematics - Videos<span id="docs-internal-guid-78888db5-ded9-9623-bd59-74b0ae241865"></span><br />
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Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-43459968927737557832016-10-19T14:29:00.000-07:002016-10-21T11:51:37.180-07:00Discovering the Art of Mathematics - Workshops for Faculty<span id="docs-internal-guid-78888db5-ded8-513a-4f6c-5f71d565d5a5"></span><br />
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Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-90252738557339612372016-10-19T14:27:00.001-07:002016-10-21T11:51:37.198-07:00Discovering the Art of Mathematics - Faculty resources and membership <span id="docs-internal-guid-78888db5-ded6-a198-97fd-98a1f14a1d8d"></span><br />
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Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-88998654393287785182016-10-19T14:25:00.000-07:002016-10-21T11:51:37.194-07:00Discovering the Art of Mathematics - Textbooks<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-76571320232211134772016-10-19T14:23:00.000-07:002016-10-21T11:51:37.187-07:00Discovering the Art of Mathematics<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-20531363514078102842016-10-19T14:17:00.003-07:002016-10-21T11:51:37.160-07:00The Academy of Inquiry Based Learning<span id="docs-internal-guid-78888db5-deb4-585e-86d9-ccd5cec47e5b"></span><br />
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Mathematical Association of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10559021045290192742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123002629949935630.post-41337414705708380892016-10-19T14:10:00.000-07:002016-10-21T11:51:37.176-07:00On Teaching and Learning Mathematics<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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