PROCEEDINGS OF THE 22ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2019
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Basic research on Instructor practice: What do we want to know? ... and how?
Page: 1119
There now exist resources (e.g., text- and video-based case activities) for use in the professional development of novice college mathematics instructors. We do not yet know much about the characteristics of effective use of those resources. Even less is known about what facilitators need to know to use the resources successfully. A newly funded project is building meta-materials to help providers use resources. These Provider Packages are a virtual facilitation partner, taking on some of the cognitive load of facilitation (e.g., audio tracks that can be turned on and off, notes from a more experienced peer that are virtual whispers in the ear). The project will examine use of the facilitation support tools in the Provider Packages to identify characteristics of effective facilitation of activities. At the poster, we will seek conversations about research designs that can leverage the opportunities of the Provider Packages.