PROCEEDINGS OF THE 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2016
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Supporting undergraduate teachers’ instructional change
Page: 976
Teaching Inquiry-oriented Mathematics: Establishing Supports (TIMES) is an NSF-funded project designed to study how we can support undergraduate instructors as they implement changes in their instruction. One factor in the disconnect between the development and dissemination of student-centered curricula are the challenges that instructors face as they work to implement these curricular innovations. For instance, researchers investigating mathematicians’ efforts to teach in student-centered ways have identified a number of challenges including: developing an understanding of student thinking, planning for and leading whole class discussions, and building on students’ solution strategies and contributions. This research suggests a critical component needed to take curricular innovations to scale: supports for instructional change. In this poster we address our current research efforts to support undergraduate teachers’ instructional change.