PROCEEDINGS OF THE 17TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2014
Denver, Colorado
Implementing Inquiry-Oriented Instructional Materials in Undergraduate Mathematics
Page: 797
Over the past years, research in the RUME community has driven the development of inquiry- oriented instructional materials in a number of undergraduate mathematics content areas including abstract algebra, differential equations, and linear algebra. Literature at the K-12 level has documented challenges inherent to scaling up the implementation of this kind of instruction. In this study, we explore how instructors make sense of and implement inquiry- oriented instructional materials in undergraduate mathematics, and the nature of supports these instructors report using and wanting when planning for instruction. We consider instructors’ interpretations and desired supports as they relate to prior pedagogical experience and institutional setting. Data is taken from surveys, interviews, and video-taped instruction of three participating instructors at three different institutions as they work to implement two inquiry- oriented instructional units in undergraduate linear algebra.