2013 Fall

Readings

The readings will be announced one week before each meeting. If you are having trouble accessing any of the sources, email clarkson AT math DOT columbia DOT edu and the organizer will assist you.

September 27th - Reasoning Strategies

1. Introduction from Alcock, Simpson - Ideas from mathematics education

   1. Chapter 3: Two reasoning strategies from Alcock, Simpson - Ideas from mathematics education

October 25th - Large Classes

1. Schwartz, Bransford - A time for telling

2. Jungic, Kent, Menz - Teaching Large Math Classes: three instructors, one experience

3. Unknown author - Teaching Large Math Classes

November 15th - Writing Assignments

• 1. Chapters 2, 3 and 10 from Meier, Rishel - Writing in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics

1. Gopen, Smith - What's an assignment like you doing in a course like this?

December 6th - Teaching for Retention

1. Bahrick, Hall - Lifetime maintenance of high school mathematics content

2. Rohrer, Pashler - Recent Research on Human Learning Challenges Conventional Instructional Strategies

3. Rohrer - The Effects of Spacing and Mixing Practice Problems

Schedule

We will meet from 3:30 to 5:00 pm on one Friday of each month. Please see the schedule below for dates and locations.

• Friday, September 27th at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University

• Friday, October 25th at Columbia University Department of Mathematics

• Friday, November 15th at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University

• Friday, December 6th at CUNY Graduate Center