Introduction to the Special Issue: Insights and Lessons Learned from Mathematics Departments in the Process of Change
| Autor: | Wendy M. Smith, Chris Rasmussen, Robert Tubbs |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Process (engineering) General Mathematics Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Institutional change 010102 general mathematics 05 social sciences 050301 education Precalculus 01 natural sciences Education Active learning Engineering ethics 0101 mathematics 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | PRIMUS. 31:239-251 |
| ISSN: | 1935-4053 1051-1970 |
| Popis: | This editorial provides an introduction to the special issue, Infusing active learning into precalculus and calculus courses: Insights and lessons learned from mathematics departments in the process of change We begin with providing the background for the special issue, including an overview of the current status of active learning in precalculus through calculus, what many of the papers in this issue mean by the term “active learning” (inquiry based mathematics education), and a brief overview of the literature on institutional change We then offer an overview of each of the three issues, explaining how various papers relate to each other within each issue We conclude the editorial with some reflections on the institutional changes efforts in light of the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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