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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.
Students often find the transition from two-dimensional to three-dimensional thinking in multivariable calculus challenging. Computer visualization and tactile models can help bridge this gap and deepen students’ spatial understanding of concepts. CalcPlot3D is a free, web-based applet for 3D graphing that is easy for students and instructors to use due to its code-free, menu-driven interface with fillable textboxes, dropdown lists, and checkboxes. In this presentation, I will show demonstrations that instructors can use to illuminate concepts and visualizations that students can easily create themselves. In addition, I will discuss several classroom activities that incorporate 3D-printed models, allowing students to physically explore concepts in small groups. Together, these tools provide engaging ways for instructors to support student learning and help cultivate stronger geometric intuition in multivariable calculus.
Supporting conceptual understanding in multivariable calculus using computer visualization and classroom activities with 3D-printed models
Fri, Feb. 20 12:20pm (Math …
Peter Karanevich
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This talk will introduce Lev Vygotsky's learning theory of the zone of proximal development. We will then transition to an application of the theory, the concept of productive struggle. Participants will define productive struggle and learn how to modify questions to encourage students to engage in productive struggle.
Productive Struggle in the Zone of Proximal Development
CANCELED Fri, Mar. 13
Rebecca Swanson (Colorado School of Mines) TBD
Fri, Mar. 27 12:20pm (Math …
Nick Schneider (Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences, CU Boulder)
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We report the findings of a study on career and advanced degrees outcomes for undergraduate majors in Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences. The APS major was created in 2021, with two primary intentions: (1) preparing students for graduate schools and careers in research, and (2) preparing students for careers in teaching, informal education, policy and journalism. Over 25 years of growth, we have graduated nearly 900 students but have little information on their paths after graduation. Our 2-year study located ~75% of our graduates on LinkedIn, and tabulated their self-reported career and higher education information. While 10-15% of our students followed the research path, we find the vast majority entered the STEM workforce, with a significant fraction in aerospace and/or engineering. Few entered the teaching path, though statistics may be incomplete. These results are leading to significant changes in departmental mentoring, advising and professional development, to facilitate student awareness and preparation for the most commonly followed paths. We encourage other departments to undertake similar studies, and will describe methodologies and insights to support these efforts.
Career Outcomes for Majors in Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences
Fri, Apr. 3 12:20pm (Math …
Rebecca Swanson (Colorado School of Mines)
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At research institutions, faculty are tasked with coordinating core courses that are required of a large number of students. At the Colorado School of Mines, all students are required to take Calculus I, Calculus II, and Calculus III, and many students are required to a number of other courses. In this talk, I'll discuss my own experiences with coordination at the Colorado School of Mines and related research. In particular, I will share some of our current coordination practices as well as implementations of flipped learning in Calculus II (published work) and alternative grading in Calculus I (preliminary results).
When Innovation Meets Coordination in Calculus
Fri, Apr. 10 12:20pm (Math …
Rebecah Deans
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A large part of mathematical maturity is being able to communicate a solution to a problem clearly, as well as being able to justify to a reader that the proposed solution is correct. Even so, good communication is generally not emphasized in high school and undergraduate mathematics instruction, leaving assessment of student comprehension largely up to the instructor's interpretation. In this talk, I will discuss how MATH 2400 has attempted to improve student communication on free response exam questions by introducing a communication component to free response rubrics. I will also discuss how we have attempted to prepare both students and instructors for this new aspect of assessment.
Improving and Assessing Student Communication in Coordinated Courses
Supporting conceptual understanding in multivariable calculus using computer visualization and classroom activities with 3D-printed models