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Promoting Faculty Development
What I Did on my Holidays
Mike Wills
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Acknowledgements
• The MAA
• The United States Military Academy at West Point
• National Science Foundation under Grant No. 08-546
• The Thayer Hotel (at USMA)
http://www.dean.usma.edu/departments/math/courses/FDW/FDW_NSF/Details.html
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A View of the Thayer Hotel
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Paper Darts
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Deadly with a Paper Dart
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I forgot my identically dressed partner
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Team Continental U.S. M.A.th
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Why Did I Go?
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Why Did I Go?
• Improve Teaching
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Why Did I Go?
• Improve Teaching
• Faculty Development
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Why Did I Go?
• Improve Teaching
• Faculty Development
• It was Free!
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Current and Past Teaching Techniques
• Primary means of communicating math is via lecture.
• Occasional Group Discussions
• Student Board Work
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Features of Lectures
• Efficient
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Features of Lectures
• Efficient
• The Standard Paradigm
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Features of Lectures
• Efficient
• The Standard Paradigm
• Require Limited Involvement with Students
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Features of Lectures
• Efficient
• The Standard Paradigm
• Require Limited Involvement with Students
• Force Students to Learn Outside the Classroom
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Features of Lectures
• Efficient
• The Standard Paradigm
• Require Limited Involvement with Students
• Force Students to Learn Outside the Classroom
• Rarely Discussed Explicitly at the Workshop
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Features of Board Work
• In an extreme form, leads to the Moore Method
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Features of Board Work
• In an extreme form, leads to the Moore Method
• Used in abundance at USMA and also at the Air Force Academy
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Features of Board Work
• In an extreme form, leads to the Moore Method
• Used in abundance at USMA and also at the Air Force Academy
• Students are more likely to engage in class
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Features of Board Work
• In an extreme form, leads to the Moore Method
• Used in abundance at USMA and also at the Air Force Academy
• Students are more likely to engage in class
• Can lead to a loss in the amount of content covered
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Features of Board Work
• In an extreme form, leads to the Moore Method
• Used in abundance at USMA and also at the Air Force Academy
• Students are more likely to engage in class
• Can lead to a loss in the amount of content covered
• May increases the likelihood of a “transformational experience”
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Features of Group Work
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Features of Group Work
• Collaborative
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Features of Group Work
• Collaborative
• Dynamic
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Features of Group Work
• Collaborative
• Dynamic
• Smoothes over differences in students
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Features of Group Work
• Collaborative
• Dynamic
• Smoothes over differences in students
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Features of Group Work
• Collaborative
• Dynamic
• Smoothes over differences in students
• Slow Paced
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Features of Group Work
• Collaborative
• Dynamic
• Smoothes over differences in students
• Slow Paced
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"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and
over again and expecting
different results".-Albert Einstein
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Needs and Motivation(Hierarchy Theory)
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Self-actualization
Belongingness
Esteem
Safety & Security
Physiological
• Where are your students?• At what level should we expect
them?• To what level can we elevate them?
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Deep vs. Surface Learning
Deep Learning (LT Memory) Surface Learning (ST Memory)
Involves analyzing new information, relating this information to prior experiences, and leads to understanding and long-term retention of the new information for use in problem solving in unfamiliar contexts.
Involves accepting new information as isolated facts, and leads to short-term retention of the information for use as “cookbook” solutions to problems that are not fully understood.
Characteristics
Looking for meaning Relying on rote learning
Relates previous knowledge to new knowledge
New knowledge and previous knowledge are unrelated
Focuses on the concepts needed to solve a problem (memorizes for understanding)
Focuses on reproducing solutions to similar looking problems (memorizes for regurgitation)
Approaches to learning, not attributes of individuals
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Tactile Ideas
• Throwing balls to illustrate the concept of a function
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Tactile Ideas
• Throwing balls to illustrate the concept of a function
• Exploring geometric transformations of functions through interpretive dance
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Tactile Ideas
• Throwing balls to illustrate the concept of a function
• Exploring geometric transformations of functions through interpretive dance
• Bring in games like the Towers of Hanoi
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Tactile Ideas
• Throwing balls to illustrate the concept of a function
• Exploring geometric transformations of functions through interpretive dance
• Bring in games like the Towers of Hanoi
• Go outside and use trig to measure the height of a tree
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Other Teaching Ideas
• More writing assignments
• More real world applications
• Role-playing
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Faculty Development
• Start small
• Attend each other’s classes regularly
• Share ideas about a course with colleagues before you/they teach it
• Regular discussions about development
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A Useful Resource
Learning to Teach & Teaching to Learn
Matt DeLong and Dale Winter