Category Archives: Math Education

SMART

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Behnam Esmayli

As math graduate students, we often get teaching assignments from our departments, some of us tutor independently for financial reasons, and some volunteer to teach at local schools or libraries. Teaching is an inseparable part of our job/life. But that is where … Continue reading →

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Adapting Problems to Improve their Groupworthiness

Posted on July 27, 2017 by James Sheldon

In my last blog post, I discussed the importance of using groupworthy tasks with your students.  For a task to be groupworthy, it should satisfy three criteria: interdependence (the task is mathematically rich enough that students have to work together), … Continue reading →

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AMS Notices Spotlight June/July 2017

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Taryn Laird

As a grad student, life can be hectic—with classes, homework, teaching responsibilities and more—so taking the time out of an already busy schedule to read the AMS Notices “cover to cover” is not always something that seems easily attainable. In … Continue reading →

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Using Groupworthy Tasks to Increase Student Engagement

Posted on January 9, 2017 by James Sheldon

There has been an ongoing call in mathematics education for students to be engaging in problem solving and collaborative groupwork.  Although, many instructors find that when they put students in groups, some students seem disengaged and we may start to … Continue reading →

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Conquering Students’ Mid-Semester Complacency

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Taryn Laird

About a week after their first test, during the first round of midterms of the semester for undergraduate students, mid-semester complacency came swooping into my classroom. My once invigorated students suddenly started going through the motions of class rather than … Continue reading →

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