>
Derek,
I have a couple of questions, first:
1. How did you secure liability release from all the people in your
video clips so that they could be used in your TA training?
2. What the clip "features" may be coded in several ways. There are
some software packages out there that allow such cataloging and
multiple codings. Have you already chosen a software package (e.g.,
some QSR package)?
3. For leading discussion, my suggestion is to look at the kinds of
questions available in S. Friedberg (Ed.)(2001). Teaching mathematics
in colleges and universities: case studies for today's classroom,
American Mathematical Society. Web site for the project:
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/math/publicprojectPI/
Though there is a link to summaries of the cases on the site, there are
no sample questions.
Now, to address your questions. Things to consider to focus the efforts
of the TAs:
a. determine the types of teaching/tutoring experience of TA
participants; if no one in the room has any experience, the use of a
video-case may generate little discussion or it may result in a lot of
discussion that may not be easy to get focused on effective teaching
and learning (because little divergence of viewpoint may be present).
One way of addressing this is to set up the video-case BEFORE it is
seen and direct the attention of TAs to the tasks they will be asked to
perform after seeing the case (i.e., give them b., below, and ask them
to review it before the case is offered). In my work with new college
teachers I spend several hours on us getting to know each other before
introducing a case for discussion. If there are a variety of
perspectives on teaching and learning among the TAs, it helps to pair
them (see b.) heterogeneously. Two novices working together can have
trouble attending to the LEARNING - they will tend to focus on any
instructor "telling" going on and evaluate it as if the "telling" is
teaching.
b. break participants into pairs; ask each pair to list the reasons
(mathematical and other) that they think are behind a
student/instructor confusion or communication difficulty
i. what was said? what appears to have been heard?
ii. what questions would they (the individuals in the pair of TAs)
ask to increase clarity.? NOTE: This instructs participants to generate
QUESTIONS, not things they would "say" or "tell" someone.
iii. what should happen next? why?
Ooh, gotta jet to class. That's it for now.
Sincerely,
Shandy
> From: Derek Bruff <bruff(a)fas.harvard.edu>
> Date: Thu Feb 10, 2005 5:47:24 PM America/Denver
> To: Preparing and Supporting Teachers of Undergraduate Mathematics
> <pstum-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu>
> Subject: [PSTUM-list] More on Video Case Studies
> Reply-To: Preparing and Supporting Teachers of Undergraduate
> Mathematics <pstum-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu>
>
>
> PSTUM List,
>
> I have two related requests for information.
>
> 1) I'm working on assembling a library of video clips of teachers in
> action
> for use in TA training. My initial goal is to index or code the clips
> in a
> way that facilitates finding a clip that features, for example,
>
> ...the definition of the derivative or
> ...students presenting work at the board or
> ...a teacher with particularly effective oratory skills.
>
> I'm wondering if there are any existing coding schemes that I might
> use to
> help me index the clips in this way. Any ideas?
>
> 2) I'm leading an upcoming session (tomorrow actually!) in our TA
> training
> seminar in which I plan to present a few interesting video clips from
> this
> library-in-progress and lead a discussion about the clips. Has anyone
> led a
> similar session (for TAs or other groups), and, if so, what types of
> questions did you ask to help direct the discussion?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Derek
>
>
> --
> Derek Bruff, Preceptor
> Department of Mathematics, Harvard University
> Email: bruff(a)fas.harvard.edu
> Web: http://www.derekbruff.com/
>
>
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PSTUM List,
I have two related requests for information.
1) I'm working on assembling a library of video clips of teachers in action
for use in TA training. My initial goal is to index or code the clips in a
way that facilitates finding a clip that features, for example,
...the definition of the derivative or
...students presenting work at the board or
...a teacher with particularly effective oratory skills.
I'm wondering if there are any existing coding schemes that I might use to
help me index the clips in this way. Any ideas?
2) I'm leading an upcoming session (tomorrow actually!) in our TA training
seminar in which I plan to present a few interesting video clips from this
library-in-progress and lead a discussion about the clips. Has anyone led a
similar session (for TAs or other groups), and, if so, what types of
questions did you ask to help direct the discussion?
Thanks in advance!
Derek
--
Derek Bruff, Preceptor
Department of Mathematics, Harvard University
Email: bruff(a)fas.harvard.edu
Web: http://www.derekbruff.com/
Hi all,
I posted to the list a note on a grant project I am developing
which would produce a collection of video and textual case materials
for the development of college mathematics instructors (Hauk, 2005). In
that message, as Dara Sandow has noted, I mentioned a difference
between the focus of IMAP materials for prospective K-12 teachers and
the materials the proposal would develop: pre-service school teachers,
particularly for grades K-8, struggle with mastering the mathematical
content they will teach, graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) tend not
to do so. Prospective school teachers take several classes about the
nature of thinking and learning, GTAs tend not to do so. What both
prospective teacher populations have in common is the struggle to
develop robust pedagogical content knowledge from an uneven base of
content and pedagogical understandings. Here's where I get to the short
version of what "pedagogical content knowledge" means in the proposed
work, at the moment....
Researchers have been focusing increasing attention on "knowledge
for teaching," a constellation of ideas sometimes associated with the
phrase "pedagogical content knowledge" (Shulman, 1986, 1987). Included
in "pedagogical content knowledge," as we are conceiving it for this
project, is substantive subject matter or content knowledge about
topics, procedures, and concepts along with a comprehension of the
relationships among them. In its most robust form, this part of
mathematics pedagogical content knowledge is what Ma (1999) called
“profound understanding of fundamental mathematics.” Additionally,
pedagogical content knowledge incorporates syntactic knowledge of the
culturally embedded nature and forms of discourse in a subject (both in
and out of educational settings) as well as anticipatory knowledge, an
awareness of the diverse ways in which learners may engage with
content, processes, and concepts. Finally, the ability to adapt
teaching according to content and socio-cultural context and use
content, syntactic, and anticipatory understandings in the classroom
can be called knowledge for action (Ball & Bass, 2000).
A teacher with well-developed pedagogical content knowledge has
the ability to foster deep understanding among students while also
sidestepping misunderstanding. For example, a third grade teacher
helping students learn about fractions can engage students with the
ideas of quarter of an hour and quarter of a dollar in such a way that
learners are unlikely to confuse the 15 minute-units of a quarter-hour
with the 25 cent-units of a quarter-dollar. Similarly, a college
teacher with rich pedagogical content knowledge is aware that though
her students are adults, they may not share her mathematically
enculturated views and may never have experienced mathematics as
interesting or clear. Moreover, this awareness may be enacted in many
ways in her teaching of college mathematics: in proscriptions about
learning established (Davis & Simmt, 2003), in the classroom milieu
fostered (Yackel, Rasmussen, & King, 2000), or in the ways questioning
is used (Hufferd-Ackles, Fuson, & Sherin, 2004) (just to name a few).
One step in examining the growth of pedagogical content knowledge
among college mathematics teachers is to understand the perceptions and
conceptions that a graduate student learner who is also an in-service
college teacher might construct in developing content, syntactic,
anticipatory, and action knowledge for mathematics teaching. A
multi-pronged approach to such investigation includes (at least)
examination of individual teacher views of content, syntactic,
anticipatory, and action knowledge; awareness of the challenges and
potential changes to those views engendered by a professional
development program; subsequent review of the teachers’ views and
in-class actions; and analysis of learning outcomes for the students of
those teachers. These research and evaluation strands are woven into
the proposed video-case development work.
This message posted to:
Rume(a)betterfilecabinet.com, ta-research(a)list.une.edu,
pstum-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu
References
Ball, D. L., and Bass, H. (2000). Interweaving content and pedagogy
in teaching and learning to teach: Knowing and using mathematics. In
J. Boaler (Ed.), Multiple perspectives on the teaching and learning of
mathematics (pp. 83-104). Westport, CT: Ablex.
B. Davis and E. Simmt (2003). Understanding learning systems:
Mathematics education and complexity science. Journal for Research in
Mathematics Education, 34(2), 137 - 167.
Hauk, S. (2005). "Preparing and supporting college teachers - Video
case project", RUME list post of Jan 31, 2005.
Hufferd-Ackles, K., Fuson, K. C., and Sherin, M. G. (2004). Describing
levels and components of a Math-Talk Learning Community. Journal for
Research in Mathematics Education, 35(2), 81-116.
Ma, L. (1999). Knowing and teaching elementary mathematics: Teachers'
understanding of fundamental mathematics in China and the U.S. Mahwah,
NJ: Erlbaum
Shulman, L.S. (1986). Those who understand: Knowledge growth in
teaching. Educational Researcher, 15(2), 4-14.
Shulman, L.S. (1987). Knowledge and teaching: Foundations of the new
reform. Harvard Educational Review, 57(1), 1-22.
Yackel, E., Rasmussen, C., and King, K. (2000). Social and
sociomathematical norms in an advanced undergraduate mathematics
course. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 19, 275-287.
Hi all,
I am organizing a get-together at the Phoenix RUME conference with a
focus on the video-cases for college mathematics teaching project on
which several of us are working. I arrive on Friday 2/25 by about noon.
Consequently, I am asking everyone interested in such a meeting to look
for me during the afternoon coffee break on Friday (at around 3:40) so
we can organize a time (and place) for us to gather.
Thanks!
Shandy
PS: My picture is on my webpage (although I can't guarantee I'll be
wearing the same hat):
http://hopper.unco.edu/faculty/personal/hauk/index.html
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Dear Dara,
Nice to see that you are participating in this e-list. Enjoyed your
comments.
I received some news from Rose a while back. Take care.
All the best,
Louise
-----Original Message-----
From: Dara Sandow [mailto:sandowda@msu.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 2:34 PM
To: Preparing and Supporting Teachers of Undergraduate Mathematics
Subject: Re: [PSTUM-list] New (Location of) TA Preparation Resource
Dear all,
I took a quick look at the various lists of resources identified and
was struck that they all seem to be college-specific.
Although I've done some TA training (with the Emerging Scholars
Program, many years ago), I've mostly worked in secondary math
teacher preparation/professional development. My experience is that
secondary math teacher educators draw on materials from other levels,
and even other disciplines, when they seem useful (although probably
more from elementary math ed than college math ed, perhaps because
more has been developed at the elementary level).
I recognize that there are differences in teaching at the different
levels and that TA'ing is different than teaching one's own course,
but I'm wondering how people feel about the addition of materials
from other levels (and, assuming they're welcome, what kind of
annotation people think would be needed re: their use).
Sincerely,
Dara Sandow
At 1:01 AM -0800 2/6/05, Eric Hsu wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I have taken TJ Murphy's list of links and papers and am now hosting
>it in wiki format at
>
>http://betterfilecabinet.com/cgi-bin/ta/index.cgi
>
>I am leaving it all publicly editable (but will intervene if people
>start vandalizing it). The site has a basic search engine too.
>
>This means that you all have the authorization and encouragement to
>update this site yourselves. If you want to change a page, just hit
>the EDIT button... you don't need to know HTML. Just type in plain
>text into the box. You can mark text with special symbols to format
>it specially. The main ones I use are *bold*, /italic/, and
>
>* list
>* of
>* items (note the space between * and the item)
>
>You can look in the Help page or at the existing pages to see other
>formatting options. Or you can type in plain text and let me format
>it later. If you don't want to edit the page, send me the changes
>and I'll post them for you.
>
>best wishes, Eric
>
>ps. For those who care, there is an RSS feed on the site which you
>can auto-discover or just use
><http://betterfilecabinet.com/cgi-bin/ta/index.cgi?action=plugin&plugin_nam
e=FeedEH&type=RSS>
>--
>Eric Hsu, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
>San Francisco State University
>erichsu(a)math.sfsu.edu
>http://math.sfsu.edu/hsu
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I want to add a thought to Shandy and Dara's comments about pedagogical
content knowledge (PCK) as it referrs to TAs. The primary issue that
Shandy and Dara have discussed is that of the importance of PCK and how
the related K-12 teacher research might be adapted to tell us something
about what kinds of PCK TAs need. A second and related question is how
TAs perceive their need for PCK and what motivations they have for
picking it up.
Unlike K-12 teachers and preservice teachers, many TAs are not working
as TAs only because want to teach. (For many this may be an extremely
important motivation, but it generally is not the only one.) As such
they can be expected to have a number of goals competing for their
attention. In this setting, we have to think carefully about how to
make PCK available and desirable to TAs (the desirable component being
self-provided by K-12 professionals).
In writing this I feel as though I am suggesting TAs don't want to be
good at teaching and therefore we need to find ways to provide this want
for them. I don't mean to be saying this. Rather, I think we need to
recognize their specialized motivations for being in the field and find
ways to integrate an understanding of the need for PCK into the
existing environment. Perhaps this is as simple as structuring
experiences into the time TAs do devote to teaching to help them reflect
on the process. (At many institutions TAs work with minimal guidance
during the semester, or receive instructions about how or what to
present. What is most frequently lacking is a time when TAs discuss
what they have done, what results they saw, what they struggled with,
(all past tense) and then think about the mechanics or the PCK issues
that might address concerns they have.) If nothing else, this approach
asks TAs to consider PCK at a time when they are devoting energies to
teaching and may help those whose primary reason for being in a graduate
program is not teaching to recognize their needs while performing in
this aspect of their work.
Tim.
About me: I haven't written a BIO for some of these lists so... My
degree is in mathematics education from UNH and is as much
anthropological as anything else. I looked at the enculturation
experiences of a new member in a mathematics department (someone who had
just completed his degree and was in his first faculty position). As
part of this I worked to describe the social system in the department
and the specific way in which mathematics was a component of that
system. Presently I teach at the University of New England and I have
been focusing my energies on understanding TAs, again with a bias toward
an interest in the way values are communicated and enculturation
occurs.
--------------------------------------------------------
Tim Gutmann; tgutmann(a)une.edu
faculty.une.edu/cas/tgutmann
Decary 302, 207-283-0170 x 2764
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The more we complain, the longer God makes us live.
Dear all,
When I responded to Shandy's email last week, I forgot to mention one
thing re: point (a) ("among the significant differences between IMAP
and the proposed cases are: (a) the video-case tools and accompanying
text will be developed for an audience with a mastery of mathematics
who have little or no formal training in pedagogy").
In K-12 math ed, people are starting to look at "mathematical
knowledge for teaching" / "teachers' mathematics" -- a kind of
mathematical knowledge that math teachers need and that other users
of mathematics are unlikely to need. An example from secondary math /
college algebra is an understanding of the different ways that equals
signs get used (e.g., in equations to be solved, in defining
functions, in other definitions -- whether they be properties like
transitivity or the conditions under which we say that two real
numbers are equal, in theorems, in arithmetic "sentences"). I know of
two research groups looking at this (one at Michigan State and the
University of Maryland, focusing on school algebra, and one at the
University of Michigan, focusing on some subset of the math taught in
elementary school); there may be others. A textbook addressing this
at the secondary level also came out a couple of years ago:
_Mathematics for high school teachers: An advanced perspective_
(Usiskin, Peressini, Marchisotto, and Stanley, 2003).
My reason for mentioning all of this: although most math grad
students have a deeper mathematical knowledge than most secondary
math teachers, the construct of mathematical knowledge for teaching
is likely relevant at the college level as well, in which case TA's
(and math faculty) will need to develop some additional mathematical
knowledge -- knowledge that is not likely develop in their work as
researchers -- and not just pedagogical knowledge.
Dara
P.S. Since I'm new to two of the lists I'm posting this to and new
members have been asked to introduce themselves: I'm a doctoral
student in math ed at Michigan State, in the Teacher Education Dept.
Prior to starting my doctoral studies, I taught high school math for
a few years in the US and in the Central African Republic (in the
Peace Corps) and worked on a variety of K-18 math ed projects for
several years at UC Berkelely and UT Austin, mostly with the Dana
Center for Mathematics and Science Education. My interest in the
teaching preparation of math grad students is part of a broader
interest in math teacher education; my experiences as a TA in the
Math Dept. at UC Berkeley and training TA's working with the Emerging
Scholars Program at UT Austin enter in as well. My dissertation work
explores the reasoning of a non-random sample of calculus teachers
re: the design of their calculus courses (e.g., what alternatives
people know of, which alternatives people prefer and why, and what
the process of (calculus) course conceptualizing involves for these
people). While at MSU, I've worked with the secondary math teacher
preparation program, as well as with secondary math teacher
professional development and research projects.
At 8:01 AM -0700 1/31/05, S. Hauk wrote:
>Hi,
> I am working on a grant proposal aimed at improving college
>mathematics teaching and learning through the creation of video-case
>tools for teacher-scholar development of mathematics Graduate
>Teaching Assistants and new faculty, and for enhancing the
>professional development of junior and senior faculty. The project
>creates a tool similar to the Integrating Mathematics and Pedagogy
>(IMAP) Project K-12 materials for teachers. However, among the
>significant differences between IMAP and the proposed cases are: (a)
>the video-case tools and accompanying text will be developed for an
>audience with a mastery of mathematics who have little or no formal
>training in pedagogy; (b) the case tools will be sufficiently
>self-contained that they can be used as part of a distance-learning
>course on college teaching; (c) the materials will include classroom
>video-clips as well as materials about out-of-classroom interactions
>like office hours, email communication, advising of undergraduate
>and graduate students, and communicating with junior and senior
>colleagues about teaching.
> Some field-test agreements are already in place as is an
>initial publication agreement with the CBMS and the AMS (who
>published Friedberg et alia's (2001) fictionalized case studies for
>college teaching book).
> I am looking for folks who are interested in field testing
>materials, perhaps even testing a case or two on a prototype DVD in
>Fall 2005 (also for anyone interested in becoming more significantly
>involved in the project). Please contact me directly at hauk(a)unco.edu
>
>Thanks,
>Shandy
>PS I also posted this message to the listserv hosted by Tim Gutmann
>on research and practice about TA and new faculty development:
>ta-research(a)list.une.edu (subscribe through
>http://list.une.edu/mailman/listinfo/ta-research )
>and to Derek Buff's new listserv: pstum-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu
>(subscribe through
>http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/pstum-list )
>
>====================================
>Shandy Hauk, hauk(a)unco.edu
>Department of Mathematics, CB122
>U. of Northern Colorado
>Greeley, CO 80639
>Phone: 970 351 2344 Fax: 970 351 1225
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Hi,
I wanted to share with you a web site that TJ Murphy (at the
University of Oklahoma) has begun to put together):
http://www.math.ou.edu/~tjmurphy/CMIPAD/CMIPAD.html
On that site she is gathering information about resources for the
preparation of college mathematics instructors (GTAs, new faculty,
etc). Right now, though there are spaces for more, the most information
is available under the "articles" "books" and "websites" links.
Shandy
====================================
Shandy Hauk, hauk(a)unco.edu
Department of Mathematics, CB122
U. of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO 80639
Phone: 970 351 2344 Fax: 970 351 1225
=====================================
There is considerable dialogue and questioning. It is under copyright to
Houghten Mifflin, but as long as you attribute it properly you can use
it in your teaching.
>>> LeveilleN(a)uhd.edu 02/04/05 8:38 AM >>>
It is a little choppy in that it is hard to know if one should wait for
something, or something more, to happen or if one should go to the next
slide. The content is also a little choppy. Are verbal introductions
given
before the cases are read? Even a title such as "Case 1." would help the
flow. Do you have any particular discussion questions (open ended I
hope) to
go with these? They could be added to the power point so it would be a
stand-alone teaching tool that leads into small or large group
discussion.
Is there a sound track?
I presume that we can use bits and pieces for our own purposes now that
this
is generally available. Let me know if you have copyright, etc.
restrictions.
Thank you.
N. Leveille
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From: pstum-list-bounces(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu
[mailto:pstum-list-bounces@lists.fas.harvard.edu]On Behalf Of Eldon
McMurray
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 11:07 PM
To: pstum-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: [PSTUM-list] Re: PSTUM-list Digest, Vol 2, Issue 3
I am very interested in applying this thinking framework to case study
teaching. Please look over the Powerpoint presentation and send me any
feedback you may have.
Thank you,
Eldon L. McMurray
Director
Center for Faculty Excellence
Utah Vally State College
800 West University Parkway
Orem, UT 846058
801-863-8550
>>> mersetka(a)gse.harvard.edu 02/03/05 11:22 AM >>>
Dear Colleagues,
My name is Kay Merseth and I teach at the graduate school of education
at
Harvard. My specialty is case based study in the education of teachers
at
the K-16 level. My colleagues and I have written several cases about
high
school classrooms but I think many of the issues that are relevant here
would also apply for TF's at the undergraduate level. Our cases all
stress
the mathematics, the pedagogy, the student comments and the context. It
would be very easy and quite exciting to compile some cases about
undergraduate teaching. I know Sol Friedberg at Boston College has work
on
these some.
I attach a case to give you a sense of the materials that we use to
train
teachers (that is if this listserve will accept attachments). Looking
forward to the conversations.
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> Dear Colleagues,
>
>
>
> My name is Gary Harris and I am the Director of Undergraduate Programs
> in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Texas Tech
> University. In the spring of 2000 I was asked by our chair and the
> director of graduate programs to create a 3 credit hour course devoted
> to issues involving teaching math at the undergraduate level. I would
> like to say that this was motivated for all the obvious great reasons;
> however, I suspect the main motivation was the fact that our state
> regulatory agency requires that all instructors of record (aka actual
> teachers of the classes) for college level math classes have at least
18
> hours of graduate level mathematics credit, and our university decided
> to get serious about adhering to this rule. Hence this would be one
way
> for our new TA's to get an extra 3 hours graduate math credit their
> first semester, while at the same time maybe picking up something
> useful. In any event I began to look for appropriate materials and
> activities and was ready to offer the course to 20 new teaching
> assistants in the fall of 2000. The course has been offered each fall
> semester thereafter.
>
>
>
> Early on I helped to field test some of Friedberg's case studies and
> have used them regularly. I also use material from Rishel's Handbook
> for Mathematics Teaching Assistants, as well as other materials. Also
a
> significant part of the course involves video taping and class
> evaluations of student mini-lectures.
>
>
>
> I currently have a graduate student working on a Masters Thesis in
which
> he is trying to assess the effects of our course on our graduate
> students attitudes and practice with regard to teaching mathematics at
> the college level. He and I would be very interested to hear about
> experiences any of you may have with such a course, as well as
pertinent
> references.
>
>
>
> I look forward participating in an interesting discussion on this
timely
> and, I think, very important topic,
>
>
>
> Gary Harris
>
>
>
>
It is a little choppy in that it is hard to know if one should wait for
something, or something more, to happen or if one should go to the next
slide. The content is also a little choppy. Are verbal introductions given
before the cases are read? Even a title such as "Case 1." would help the
flow. Do you have any particular discussion questions (open ended I hope) to
go with these? They could be added to the power point so it would be a
stand-alone teaching tool that leads into small or large group discussion.
Is there a sound track?
I presume that we can use bits and pieces for our own purposes now that this
is generally available. Let me know if you have copyright, etc.
restrictions.
Thank you.
N. Leveille
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[mailto:pstum-list-bounces@lists.fas.harvard.edu]On Behalf Of Eldon
McMurray
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I am very interested in applying this thinking framework to case study
teaching. Please look over the Powerpoint presentation and send me any
feedback you may have.
Thank you,
Eldon L. McMurray
Director
Center for Faculty Excellence
Utah Vally State College
800 West University Parkway
Orem, UT 846058
801-863-8550
>>> mersetka(a)gse.harvard.edu 02/03/05 11:22 AM >>>
Dear Colleagues,
My name is Kay Merseth and I teach at the graduate school of education
at
Harvard. My specialty is case based study in the education of teachers
at
the K-16 level. My colleagues and I have written several cases about
high
school classrooms but I think many of the issues that are relevant here
would also apply for TF's at the undergraduate level. Our cases all
stress
the mathematics, the pedagogy, the student comments and the context. It
would be very easy and quite exciting to compile some cases about
undergraduate teaching. I know Sol Friedberg at Boston College has work
on
these some.
I attach a case to give you a sense of the materials that we use to
train
teachers (that is if this listserve will accept attachments). Looking
forward to the conversations.
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> Dear Colleagues,
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> My name is Gary Harris and I am the Director of Undergraduate Programs
> in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Texas Tech
> University. In the spring of 2000 I was asked by our chair and the
> director of graduate programs to create a 3 credit hour course devoted
> to issues involving teaching math at the undergraduate level. I would
> like to say that this was motivated for all the obvious great reasons;
> however, I suspect the main motivation was the fact that our state
> regulatory agency requires that all instructors of record (aka actual
> teachers of the classes) for college level math classes have at least
18
> hours of graduate level mathematics credit, and our university decided
> to get serious about adhering to this rule. Hence this would be one
way
> for our new TA's to get an extra 3 hours graduate math credit their
> first semester, while at the same time maybe picking up something
> useful. In any event I began to look for appropriate materials and
> activities and was ready to offer the course to 20 new teaching
> assistants in the fall of 2000. The course has been offered each fall
> semester thereafter.
>
>
>
> Early on I helped to field test some of Friedberg's case studies and
> have used them regularly. I also use material from Rishel's Handbook
> for Mathematics Teaching Assistants, as well as other materials. Also
a
> significant part of the course involves video taping and class
> evaluations of student mini-lectures.
>
>
>
> I currently have a graduate student working on a Masters Thesis in
which
> he is trying to assess the effects of our course on our graduate
> students attitudes and practice with regard to teaching mathematics at
> the college level. He and I would be very interested to hear about
> experiences any of you may have with such a course, as well as
pertinent
> references.
>
>
>
> I look forward participating in an interesting discussion on this
timely
> and, I think, very important topic,
>
>
>
> Gary Harris
>
>
>
>