PROCEEDINGS OF THE 22ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2019
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Riemann summary: An investigation of how instructors summarize group work activities to build the structure of the Riemann sum
Page: 918
In this preliminary report, we present data and preliminary findings on the instruction that follows active learning activities designed to introduce first-semester calculus students to the definite integral. We are particularly interested in the two to three days of class that follow these group work activities to see how instructors leverage the content of the activities to summarize and build the structure of the Riemann sum and definite integral. Video data of five instructors has been collected, and we present preliminary analysis focused on the ways in which one of the instructors introduced the definite integral as a sum of products.