PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2018
San Diego, California
Exploring the secondary teaching of functions in relation to the learning of abstract algebra
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Secondary mathematics teachers regularly take advanced mathematics courses, but many regard them as unrelated to their work as teachers. In accord with a novel instructional approach (Wasserman et al., 2017), we designed materials for an abstract algebra course that connect to the teaching of functions in secondary schools. In this paper, we describe findings from a small-scale teaching experiment employing design research, which provides evidence that particular tasks were productive for accomplishing some of the mathematical and pedagogical aims.