for this workshop
Research on inquiry based learning in undergraduate real analysis
at the
American Institute of Mathematics, San Jose, California
organized by
Paul Dawkins, Ted Mahavier, and Michael Oehrtman
This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will focus on the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics, a subject that has received increased attention in recent years. Multiple growing communities of professionals have re-envisioned how core proof courses such as real analysis might best be taught. The desire to give students responsibility for discovering key course content concepts and the opportunity to engage in authentic mathematical research at their level, generally referred to as inquiry-based learning (IBL), unifies many of these efforts. The accumulated expertise across these communities provides a rich opportunity to initiate coordinated course-specific research projects on inquiry based teaching and learning.
This workshop will convene experts in education research, curriculum development, instruction, faculty development, and assessment in IBL undergraduate real analysis. We will survey the state of multiple perspectives on the field and existing connections across these areas of expertise. We will identify and frame future collaborations to refine research-based interventions and develop a research agenda responsive to existing needs in IBL practice. The primary focus of the workshop will be to refine pertinent, tractable research questions and design consequent high-quality studies to address these questions. We will identify areas in which additional resources are needed to support IBL instruction in undergraduate real analysis and how future efforts can leverage existing research results to respond to these needs. The workshop will develop collaborative teams with diverse expertise to pursue necessary resources and tackle the critical issues identified in the workshop.
The workshop will differ from typical conferences in some regards. Participants will be invited to suggest open problems and questions before the workshop begins, and these will be posted on the workshop website. These include specific problems on which there is hope of making some progress during the workshop, as well as more ambitious problems which may influence the future activity of the field. Lectures at the workshop will be focused on familiarizing the participants with the background material leading up to specific problems, and the schedule will include discussion and parallel working sessions.
The deadline to apply for support to participate in this workshop has passed.
For more information email workshops@aimath.org
