PROCEEDINGS OF THE 23RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2020
Boston, Massachusetts
What meanings of concavity might students construct in a dynamic online environment?
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Many online materials are available to students learning calculus (e.g., Kahn Academy, S.O.S. Math, MIT OpenCourseWare, and Paul’s Online Math Notes) which were designed to help students in their courses, but not necessarily to help students develop conceptual meaning. We are designing an online environment on a website platform with the intent of meeting students where they are in their courses while also attending to recent advances in mathematics education research. We propose a study designed to investigate the meaning-making of students interacting with these online materials. In particular, this context provides windows into student thinking that are different from traditional written- or interview-based data sources. We seek input from RUME researchers on the design of studies related to the concept of concavity.