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| ID | 564 |
|---|---|
| First Name | Mitchel |
| Last Name | Keller |
| Institution | Morningside University |
| Speaker Category | faculty |
| Title of Talk | Implementing a Class Journal in a Small Upper-Division IBL Course |
| Abstract | In Fall 2020, I made a change to my upper-division IBL modern geometries course by making publishing in and refereeing for a class journal a significant part of the students' class grade. In this model, a student (or small group of students) who present a proof of a result in class submit a typed proof of the result to a class journal. The paper is then refereed and ultimately published. My first two iterations of this (including real analysis in Spring 2021) proved less successful than I had hoped, and I felt like part of the reason was having fewer than 10 students in my classes was partially at fault. I was not deterred. This fall, I am teaching Modern Algebra I using a class journal, and adjustments made appear to be paying off. In this talk, I will discuss the models that I have used, the struggles I encountered during the 2020–2021 academic year, and the changes made for Fall 2021 that have made a positive impact. |
| Subject area(s) | Undergraduate mathematics teaching, inquiry-based learning |
| Suitable for undergraduates? | Y |
| Day Preference | SaturdayStrong |
| Computer Needed? | Y |
| Bringing a laptop? | Y |
| Overhead Needed? | N |
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| Date Submitted | 09/27/2021 |
| Year | 2021 |