PROCEEDINGS OF THE 20TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2017
San Diego, California
Connecting reading comprehension research and college mathematics instruction
Page: 1550
The poster will have three parts. The first is a literature review of reading comprehensionresearch. Connections will be drawn between different research studies that apply to collegemathematics instruction. In addition, common themes from research will be used to motivate theneed for reading comprehension instruction in college mathematics. The second part will giveresults of a new research study involving interviews about reading comprehension strategies andinstruction with interdisciplinary faculty from several institutions. The third part will describeproposed methodology of future research on reading comprehension in college mathematicsinstruction. It is hoped that during the poster session, participants will have a chance tobrainstorm about possible future directions and methodologies for research in this area.Keywords