UBC Math CWSEI
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Math 220 |
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Description |
People involved |
Scheduled dates for work |
Status (2013.01.09) |
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220.1 Learning Goals |
Develop learning goals for the course. |
SM, Katya Y, AR |
Summer 10 (first draft), Jan-Apr 2012 (second draft) |
First draft is complete. Second draft is in progress. The aim is to have an addition to the previous documents - helping the student see how the previous list of learning goals fits together into a coherent structure, to help them better organize knowledge of the subject. |
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220.2 Student Surveys and Interviews (Winter Terms 2008 & 2009) |
Survey and interview students to determine attitudes towards the course and what they did/did not find useful in subsequent courses. |
SM, AR |
May-Jul 10 |
Completed. Results have been compiled. |
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220.3 Instructor Interviews (Math 220 and subsequent courses) |
Interview previous Math 220 instructors about student difficulties in the course, as well as instructors of subsequent 300-level courses to help develop appropriate learning goals. |
SM |
Apr-May 10 |
Interviews are complete. A list of common difficulties in Math 220 has been compiled. A partial list of desired proof skills for subsequent courses has been created. |
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220.4 Review Final Exams |
Review and code 2009 final exams for common student errors. |
SM |
May-Jun 10 |
2009 WT2 final exams have been coded (4 out of 9 exam problems). A report was written and reviewed with the instructor. |
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220.5 Basic Skills Diagnostic Test |
Develop and validate a basic proof skills diagnostic test. |
SM |
Summer 10, Winter 10 |
Final draft complete. Validation was performed and the results summarized. Validation still needs to be done on a few unvalidated questions |
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220.6 Pre/Post Test |
Administer the basic proof skills diagnostic test (start and end of term) and analyze the results. |
SM, AR |
2010 WT1&2, 2011 Summer, 2011 WT1&2, 2012 Summer, 2012 WT1&2 |
Ongoing. A summary of results has been compiled for each completed term. |
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220.7 Math Attitudes and Perceptions Survey (MAPS) |
Administer MAPS in MATH 220. |
SM, WC, JL |
Fall 2010, Fall 2012 |
Completed. Results were analyzed and will be used to improve the survey. |
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220.8 Post-Lecture Student Interviews |
Interview two students after each lecture about the content and pace of the lecture, as well as effectiveness of homework and in-class exercises. |
SM, AR |
Fall 10 |
Completed. Feedback was given to the instructor (AR) after each lecture. A review and analysis of the interviews over the term is in progress. |
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220.9 Think-aloud proof problem-solving interviews |
Conduct think-aloud interviews with Math 220 students from 2010 WT1 and WT2 to characterize proof strategies and identify common difficulties and errors. |
SM |
Mar-Apr 2011 |
Interviews are completed (17 in total), but have not yet been analyzed. |
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220.10 Student Surveys (2010) |
Survey students from 2010 WT1 to determine attitudes towards the course and in-class activities. |
SM, AR |
Dec 10 - Jan 11, Summer 2012 |
Completed. End-of-term survey were administered in Dec. 2010 and summer 2012. Results have been compiled and analyzed and a report written and given to each instructor. |
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220.11 Problem Solving Workshops (2011) |
Develop a set of weekly workshops to run along with Math220 course. |
Katya Y, Athena N, Andrew R |
August - December 2011 |
A set of twelve workshops, including review workshops for midterms, has been put together. Solutions have been written by Athena for every problem. |
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220.12 Problem Solving Workshops (2012) |
Workshops for Math 220 proofs course - trying new format |
AR, Rajiv G, Katya Y, SM |
2011 WT2, 2012 Summer, 2012 WT2 |
Workshops were restructured to take place in class every fourth lecture, and includes a short quiz is given at the end of class. Instructor goes over solution to the quiz and an essential problem or two. |
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220.13 Course and workshop end-of-term survey, Dec 2011 |
End-of-term survey, to gauge student response to workshops. |
Katya Y, Andrew R |
December 2011 |
Surveys this term were anonymous. Non-anonymous surveys would be useful in the future. List of findings is attached, along with commentary from students |
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220.14 Start of term survey, Jan 2012 |
Survey to determine students' demographics, calculus 2 background and "mathematical maturity" (math courses taken in the past) |
Andrew R, Rajiv G, Katya Y |
January 2012 |
Survey was given along with the Diagnostic pre-test. The survey is non-anonymous this time. Findings will be posted later. |
Start of Term Survey January 2012
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220.15 Post-workshop and post-lecture student interviews |
Student interviews, to gauge usefulness of workshops and students' perceptions of them |
Katya Y, Andrew R |
January-April 2012 |
Students in both sections were interviewed after every workshop session. Students were also interviewed after Thursday lectures in one of the sections. Summary of interviews and observations was given to the instructors weekly. |
Post workshop interviews, Spring 2012
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220.16 Exam Coding |
Find isometric questions on Winter 2009, 2010, and 2011 exams and code them to assess the effectiveness of the new workshops and the reduction in course content |
SM |
Summer 2012 |
Coding has been completed. No statistically significant differences were found between the two treatments (workshop vs. historical). |
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220.17 Assessment of workshop impact (diagnostic test) |
Compare performance of students on the basic proof diagnostic post-test to assess the impact of the new workshops. |
SM |
Fall 2012 |
Statistical analysis was completed. No statistically significant differences were found between the two treatments (workshop vs. historical). |
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