PROCEEDINGS OF THE 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2016
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Support for mathematicians’ teaching reform in an online working group for inquiry oriented differential equations
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There is more need for research on how mathematicians can alter their teaching style to a reform approach (Speer, Smith, & Horvath, 2010), especially if they have always been teaching the same way (Speer & Wagner, 2009; Wagner, Speer, & Rossa, 2007). One particular area that needs more work is investigations of support structures for mathematicians hoping to reform their teaching practice. This poster focuses on supports designed to aid in the reform of teaching practice and specifically discusses the Teaching Inquiry-oriented Mathematics: Establishing Supports (TIMES) project and one online working group (OWG) used as a mode of support in the project. Results indicate that facets of the OWG are successful support structures for mathematicians who desire to align their practice to an inquiry oriented (IO) approach to undergraduate differential equations (Rasmussen & Kwon, 2007; Rasmussen, 2003).