2013 Spring

Readings

February 15th - Promoting Active Learning

1. King - From Sage on the Stage to Guide on the Side (6 pages)

2. Miller, Santana-Vega, Terrell - Can good questions and peer discussion improve calculus instruction (10 pages)

3. Nickerson, Bowers - Examining Interaction Patterns in College-Level Mathematics Classes (10 pages)

March 8th - Inquiry-Based Learning

1. The Moore Method A Pathway to Learner-Centered Instruction (pg. 13 - 27)

2. Laursen, Hassi, Kogan, Hunter, Westo - Evaluation of the IBL Mathematics Project (pg. i - xiii)

3. Briggs, Bailey, Cooper - Is Moore Better (in Precalculus)? (3 pages)

April 5th - Novice Programmers

1. Robins, Rountree, Rountree - Learning and Teaching Programming: A Review and Discussion (30 pages)

May 3rd - Metacognition

1. Schoenfeld - Cognitive science and mathematics education (pg. 189-215)

2. Gelder - Teaching Critical Thinking: Some Lessons from Cognitive Science (6 pages)

3. Keith, Frese - Self-Regulation in Error Management Training: Emotion Control and Metacognition as Mediators of Performance Effects (15 pages)

If you are having trouble accessing any of the readings, email clarkson AT math DOT columbia DOT edu and the organizer will assist you.

Schedule

We will meet one Friday a month from 4:00pm - 5:30pm.

• February 15 at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University

• March 8 at Columbia University Department of Mathematics

• April 5 at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University

• May 3 at Columbia University Department of Mathematics