PROCEEDINGS OF THE 17TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2014
Denver, Colorado
Working Together on Mathematics Homework: A Look at How University Students Spend Their Time Outside the Classroom
Page: 625
Despite the large amount of time university students are expected to spend studying material and learning on their own outside of the classroom, little is known about what specific student study habits look like. This study sought to start developing a description of what activities students engage in when studying together in self-formed groups outside of the classroom. By identifying a set of macrotasks, verbally-cued transactions that identify what activity the group is currently engaged in doing, this study provides a way to compare how different study groups allocate their time and distinguish between the enactment of social and sociomathematical norms outside of the classroom.