Doing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Mathematics / Edited by Jacqueline M. Dewar, Curtis D. Bennett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Dewar, Jacqueline M., editor.

Bennett, Curtis D., editor.

Series:

Notes ; Number 83.

Notes ; Number 83

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Study and teaching--Research.

Mathematics.

Reflective teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 210 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Washington : Mathematical Association of America, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) movement encourages faculty to view teaching 'problems' as invitations to conduct scholarly investigations. In this growing field of inquiry faculty bring their disciplinary knowledge and teaching experience to bear on questions of teaching and learning. They systematically gather evidence to develop and support their conclusions. The results are to be peer reviewed and made public for others to build on. This Notes volume is written expressly for collegiate mathematics faculty who want to know more about conducting scholarly investigations into their teaching and their students' learning. Envisioned and edited by two mathematics faculty, the volume serves as a how-to guide for doing SoTL in mathematics.

Contents:

Understanding SoTL and its potential benefits

Initiating a SoTL investigation

Gathering and analyzing evidence

Resources for pursuing SoTL and going public

Assessing the effectiveness of classroom visual cues

(Re)discovering SoTL through a fundamental challenge : helping students transition to college calculus

A quantitative and qualitative comparison of homework structures in a multivariable calculus class

Playing games to teach mathematics

Investigating how students' linking historical events to developments in mathematics changed engagement in a history of mathematics course

Using SoTL to assess the outcomes of teaching statistics through civic engagement

A pedagogical odyssey

Presenting evidence for the field that invented the randomized clinical trial

Conceptual or computational? Making sense of reading questions in an inverted statistics course

An investigation into the effectiveness of pre-class reading questions

Liberal arts mathematics students' beliefs about the nature of mathematics : a case study in survey research

The mathematics of symmetry and attitudes towards mathematics

Mathematics research experiences for preservice teachers : investigating the impact on their beliefs

The question of transfer : investigating how mathematics contributes to a liberal education

Using SoTL practices to drive curriculum development

Synthesis of the value and benefits of SoTL experienced by the contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Dec 2015).

ISBN:

1-61444-318-1