This file can be used to add scheduled events to your calendar, however every program is unique. Below you will find what information is available, but if nothing else works try creating a new calendar in your program and using
http://math.colorado.edu/seminars/ics/umed.ics
as the source.
Thunderbird
The seminar focuses on evidenced-based teaching in undergraduate mathematics. It will feature internal and external speakers and workshops to contribute to the professional development of graduate students and faculty. Seminar topics will include classroom practices, assessment, curriculum development, equity, how students learn, and structures for sustaining change.
In this hands-on workshop we will do a mathematics activity leveraging the 5 practices for orchestrating productive mathematical discussions to debrief it. We will then examine each practice and have time for reflection about how you can incorporate these ideas in your classroom.
5 practices of Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions
Fri, Sep. 19 10:10am (Math …
Shelby Stanhope (US Air Force Academy)
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Clear communication is an essential skill for success in mathematics, yet many undergraduates enter college-level courses without experience in writing solutions that are both clear and well-structured. This talk will explore strategies instructors can use to help learners begin developing effective communication practices as early as the calculus sequence, not just in proof-based courses. We will discuss the role of short phrases in guiding the reader, the importance of balancing notation with words, and techniques for establishing a logical flow that allows solutions to stand on their own. I will highlight a communication activity I have used in a multivariable calculus course that scaffolds the development of these skills, recognizing that such expectations may be new to many students.
Developing Effective Communication Practices in Mathematics
Fri, Oct. 3 10:10am (Math …
Joseph Timmer & Rebekah Jones
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In this workshop, we'll analyze examples of teaching statements and discuss what makes a successful teaching statement. We'll also hear directly from faculty who've served on hiring committees about their evaluation process and priorities. Participants can bring their own teaching statements to receive more targeted guidance and feedback.
Teaching Statement Workshop
Fri, Oct. 10 10:10am (Math …
Hilary Freeman (Colorado State University)
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Math 160 Calculus I for Engineers at Colorado State University has been using a version of standards-based grading since Fall of 2020. In this talk I will discuss why I made the change to alternative grading and how I’ve been implementing this grading system and the changes we’ve gone through. I’ll address the particular challenges of coordinating multiple sections with a large total enrollment and what technology I’ve found helpful or not so helpful.
Five Years of Standards-Based Grading in a First Semester Calculus Course
Fri, Oct. 24 12:20pm (MATH …
Constantin Dorin Dumitrascu (Adrian College)
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What should preservice teachers learn in a college geometry course, and how should they learn it? To change the lack of national consensus on how to answer these two questions, an online community of faculty who teach or do research on college geometry courses taken by secondary teachers (GeT courses) was formed in the Summer of 2018, under the coordination of Pat Herbst and Amanda Brown from the University of Michigan GRIP lab (https://www.gripumich.org/). A group of GeT instructors worked for over two years toward the goal of identifying a list of essential student learning outcomes (SLOs) for inclusion in GeT courses – where essential means the identification of content knowledge that all prospective secondary geometry teachers should have the opportunity to learn. The public draft of the set of Student Learning Outcomes is available at https://getapencil.org/student-learning-objectives/. My presentation will discuss some of the SLOs, how I incorporated them in my own teaching of the GeT course at Adrian College, and how my participation in the GeT: A Pencil community influenced and enriched my teaching.
A Student Learning Outcomes Perspective on the College Geometry Course for Secondary Teachers
5 practices of Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions