PROCEEDINGS OF THE 16TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (Vol 2)
2013
Denver, Colorado
Wait a Minute...Is That Enough to Make a Difference?
Page: 2-610
The “one-minute paper” (Stead, 2005) is a technique for facilitating communication between students and the teacher and promoting reflection. In this paper we focus on the types of questions students ask and how they may be related to success. We present preliminary results from an introductory university-level calculus course, indicating that the nature of questions asked by more successful and less successful students are different, suggesting that the types of reflections that students engage in may have a significant impact on the efficacy of such an intervention.