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Title: Identifying and Categorizing Instructor Considerations for Active Learning Implementation
In this paper, we discuss our experience collaborating with mathematicians to increase their use of active learning pedagogy in a proof-based linear algebra course. We use this experience to attend to three primary research objectives. First, we identifi ed three primary categories of instructor considerations that would determine whether or not they would incorporate a proposed strategy. Second, we observed and made sense of which of these were most prominent for these mathematicians. Third, we determined what combination of considerations needed to be satisfi ed to warrant the implementation of a strategy by these mathematicians.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2315057
PAR ID:
10638254
Author(s) / Creator(s):
; ; ; ;
Editor(s):
Cook, S; Katz, B; Melhuish, K
Publisher / Repository:
Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education
Date Published:
ISSN:
2474-9346
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
Alexandria, VA
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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