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Yanping Ma; Gail Tang – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
We believe that developing cultural competencies can help students learn mathematics and conversely that learning mathematical content can help students learn about themselves and others. Using frameworks introduced by Rendón (2009) and Gutiérrez (2018), we present a five-part bundle of activities for undergraduate differential equations course…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Advanced Courses, Correlation
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Armstrong, Abbigail; Ming, Kavin; Helf, Shawnna – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2018
Content area literacy has an important role in helping students understand content in specific disciplines, such as mathematics. Although the strategies are not unique to each individual content area, they are often adapted for use in a specific discipline. For example, mathematicians use mathematical language to make sense of new ideas and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Content Area Reading, Literacy, Teaching Methods
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Becker, Paul; Medwid, Mark – PRIMUS, 2021
Almost all finite groups encountered by undergraduates can be represented as multiplicative groups of concise block-diagonal binary matrices. Such representations provide simple examples for beginning a group theory course. More importantly, these representations provide concrete models for "abstract" concepts. We describe Maple lab…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Assignments
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Batova, Tatiana; Ruediger, Stefan – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2019
The article describes an assignment that makes writing-to-learn feasible in high-enrollment statistics classes. It combines the principles of structured writing with Bloom's taxonomy. The assignment helped improve related exam scores and was easy to implement and grade for instructors.
Descriptors: Statistics, Assignments, Mathematics Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Rohrer, Doug; Hartwig, Marissa K. – Grantee Submission, 2020
A typical mathematics assignment consists of one or two dozen practice problems relating to the same skill or concept, yet empirical evidence suggests that there is little or no long-term benefit from working more than a few problems of the same kind in immediate succession. Alternatively, randomized experiments in the laboratory and classroom…
Descriptors: Assignments, Intervals, Problem Solving, Mathematics Tests
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Gerstle, Kevin – PRIMUS, 2019
At the college level, it can be difficult to engage students outside the classroom through the use of effective homework assignments. Although it is straightforward to create assignments that test the ability to carry out computations as discussed in class, it is more challenging to create assignments that encourage students to think more…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Assignments, Creative Thinking
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Rapke, Tina; Hall, Jennifer; Marynowski, Richelle – PRIMUS, 2021
We describe a method that instructors can use to grade tests and assignments that can be used in follow-up inquiry-based activities in class to review material. The grading process is essentially a sorting of student assignment/test responses based on the instructor's conception of what makes responses acceptable. The instructor can assign a grade…
Descriptors: Grading, Assignments, Tests, Inquiry
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Chance, Beth; Reynolds, Shea – Journal of Statistics Education, 2019
Through a series of explorations, this article will demonstrate how the Kentucky Derby winning times dataset provides various opportunities for introductory and advanced topics, from data processing to model building. Although the final goal may be a prediction interval, the dataset is rich enough for it to appear in several places in an…
Descriptors: Prediction, Statistics, Data Processing, Homework
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Che, Megan S.; Utley, Juliana; Reeder, Stacy – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2020
Teachers are continually in search of tasks that balance the dual priorities of rigorous thinking and fluency development. These often-competing priorities are emphasized by national-level organizations as well as by state-level standards and assessments. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) calls for school mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Mathematical Logic, Thinking Skills
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Venkatesh, Anil; Piercey, Victor – PRIMUS, 2021
Quantitative Reasoning for Professionals is a two-semester general education sequence that teaches basic and intermediate algebra through the lens of quantitative reasoning. In this course sequence, we emphasize communication and inference-making while teaching practical algebra skills for students in programs such as business, nursing, and social…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Inquiry, Grading
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Pawlaschyk, Thomas; Wegner, Sven-Ake – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2020
In this note, we report on an implementation of discovery-oriented problems in courses on Real Analysis and Differential Equations. We explain a type of task design that gives students the opportunity to conjecture, refute and prove. What is new is that the complexity in our problems is limited and thus the tasks can also be used in homework…
Descriptors: Homework, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Calculus
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Shannon, Kathleen – PRIMUS, 2018
This paper describes, as an alternative to the Moore Method or a purely flipped classroom, a student-driven, textbook-supported method for teaching that allows movement through the standard course material with differing depths, but the same pace. This method, which includes a combination of board work followed by class discussion, on-demand brief…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Textbooks, Mathematics, Portfolio Assessment
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Jordan, Daniel R. – PRIMUS, 2019
Workshops can be a powerful tool to support students as they develop proof-writing skills. In a workshop, each student writes a proof, provides feedback on other students' work, and reflects on critiques from peers. Workshops can be used in any class that emphasizes writing proofs or other forms of mathematical writing. They are highly efficient…
Descriptors: Workshops, Mathematical Logic, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction
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Fiksel, Jacob; Jager, Leah R.; Hardin, Johannna S.; Taub, Margaret A. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2019
Git and GitHub are common tools for keeping track of multiple versions of data analytic content, which allow for more than one person to simultaneously work on a project. GitHub Classroom aims to provide a way for students to work on and submit their assignments via Git and GitHub, giving teachers an opportunity to facilitate the integration of…
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education
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Bixby, Matt M. – Mathematics Teacher, 2018
Almost twenty years ago, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) published "Principles and Standards for School Mathematics" (2000), which recommended that teachers should incorporate more writing into their math lessons, claiming that writing helps students "consolidate their thinking" (p. 402) by causing them…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Writing Assignments, Teaching Methods, Content Area Writing
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