Summer 2020
Week 8: Online Learning II
Finkelstein et al., 2005.pdfFinkelstein et al. When learning about the real world is better done virtually
Feel free to skim through the details of the experiments in both papers.
Moosvi et al., 2019.pdfMoosvi et al. Can a Hands-On Physics Project Lab be Delivered Effectively as a Distance Lab?
Week 7: Online Learning I
Bates, 2015 (from Teaching in a Digital Age).pdfBates, A.W. Unit 9.2 from Teaching in a Digital Age
Darby - How to Be a Better Online Teacher.pdfDarby, F. How to Be a Better Online Teacher
Originally published in The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Feedback form for readings + meetings
We would love to receive feedback on how the reading group is going for you. It would be great if you could fill out this survey regardless of whether you’ve been attending the meetings every week or have just been checking out the readings from time to time. Thank you, and have a great week!
Week 6: Mastery Learning
Khan - Mastery Learning excerpt from The One World Schoolhouse.pdfKhan, S. Mastery Learning, excerpt from The One World Schoolhouse
Lang - Chp5 Cheating Lessons Learning from Academic Dishonesty.pdfLang, J. Chp. 5 from Cheating Lessons
Let's teach for mastery -- not test scores | Sal Khan
This video is optional, but we should consider renaming this group "The Sal Khan fan club".
Week 5: The neuroscience of learning
Khan - How Education Happens excerpt from The One World Schoolhouse.pdf.pdfKhan, S. How Education Happens, excerpt from The One World Schoolhouse
Aman highly recommends this book
Zull - Chp 7 The Art of Changing the Brain.pdfZull, J. Chapter 7 from The Art of Changing the Brain
Week 4: Psychological Interventions
Miyake et al. Reducing the Gender Achievement Gap.pdfMiyake et al. Reducing the Gender Achievement Gap in College Science: A Classroom Study of Values Affirmation
Yeager et al. Psychological Interventions Aren’t Magic.pdfYeager and Walton Social-Psychological Interventions in Education: They're Not Magic
Week 3: Creating more inclusive learning environments
Treisman - Studying Students Studying Calculus.pdfTreisman, U. Studying Students Studying Calculus: A Look at the Lives of Minority Mathematics Students in College
warren_everyday_sensemaking (diversity in learning science).pdfWarren et al. Rethinking Diversity in Learning Science: The Logic of Everyday Sense-Making
Week 2: Race and Privilege
McGee and Martin - Stereotype Management.pdfMcGee and Martin ‘‘You Would Not Believe What I Have to Go Through to Prove My Intellectual Value!’’
Focus on pages 1-10 and 16-35
Tatum - Conversations about race (good starting point for understanding racism).pdfTatum, B. Chapter 1 from "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?"
This reading is optional. However, it provides great context to have effective discussions about race so we highly recommend it.
Week 1: Motivation
What Makes People Engage With Math | Grant Sanderson | TEDxBerkeley
Check out Grant's YouTube channel, 3blue1brown, it's beautiful!
Chasteen2017_Motivation_physport.pdf