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Title: AGREEING ON OBJECTIVES OF GEOMETRY FOR TEACHERS’ COURSES: FEEDBACK FROM INSTRUCTORS ON AN INITIAL LIST
We report on an effort to vet a list of 10 student learning objectives (SLOs) for geometry courses taken by prospective geometry teachers. Members of a faculty online learning community, including mathematicians and mathematics educators who teach college geometry courses taken by prospective secondary teachers developed this list in an effort to reach a consensus that might satisfy various stakeholders. To provide feedback on the final list of 10 SLOs, we constructed and collected responses to a survey in which 121 college geometry instructors ranked a set of potential SLOs, including the 10 proposed SLOs as well as 11 distractors. The 10 SLOs were, for the most part, among the highest ranked by the sample.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1725837
PAR ID:
10561588
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Corporate Creator(s):
Editor(s):
Lamberg, T; Moss, D
Publisher / Repository:
University of Nevada, Reno.
Date Published:
Volume:
2
ISBN:
978-1-7348057-2-7
Page Range / eLocation ID:
740-747
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
Geometry and Spatial Reasoning, Research Methods
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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