Upcoming Meeting
Raising the Bar: Effecting Change in Students' Mathematical Beliefs
Keith A. Nabb, Moraine Valley Community College
Students' beliefs about mathematics are documented in the literature as falling well short of ideal. In his presentation, Keith Nabb will review some of this literature and then tell us about some interventions that have the potential to bring about change, such as assigning nonstandard, conceptually-rich mathematical tasks, embracing student suggestions and feedback in lecture and discussion formats, and using inquiry-oriented instruction. He will share students' solutions and discussion ideas in the context of first- and second-semester calculus as well as recent successes with Inquiry-Oriented Differential Equations, through the lens of positive change in students' epistemologies.
Keith A. Nabb teaches in the department of Mathematics at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois. His name may look familiar from his article in Mathematics Teacher, "A Close Encounter with Infinity: Inventing New Mathematics" (December 2010, Volume 104, Issue 5, page 373). He is also a graduate student in the department of Math & Science Education at the Illinois Institute of Technology. His research interests include cognitive science (students' mathematical thinking and reasoning) and the use of technology in mathematical learning.
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