PROCEEDINGS OF THE 20TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2017
San Diego, California
Analyzing focus groups of an experimental real analysis course: ULTRA
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As part of a larger study, we analyzed focus groups of students discussing their perceptions of anexperimental real analysis course. The aim of this course was to teach real analysis toprospective and practicing teachers in a way that improved their future teaching. This posteranalyzes data from four focus group interviews from 20 students after they completed theexperimental course. The majority of comments from the participants’ comments about thecourse, both in general and in regards to informing their future teaching of secondarymathematics, were favorable. We present commonalities in the participants’ responses.Keywords: