Special Colloquium
Timothy P. Fukawa-Connelly
University of Maryland
Observed uses of examples and implications for student learning in abstract algebra
Abstract: My dissertation study examined teaching and learning in two abstract algebra classrooms, one consciously using a lecture-based (i.e., deduction-theory-proof, or DTP) mode of instruction and the other an investigative approach. Instructional data was collected in classroom observations, and multiple written instruments and a set of interviews were used to evaluate student learning. This colloquium will describe the different uses of examples that each of the two instructors made in their teaching, the resulting mathematical proficiency that the students displayed with those topics, and discuss some implications for research and teaching.
Monday March 17, 2008 at 2:00 PM in SEO 636