ERIC Number: EJ838160
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Sep
Pages: 33
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Student Learning Objectives and Mathematics Teaching
DeLong, Matthew; Winter, Dale; Yackel, Carolyn A.
PRIMUS, v15 n3 p226-258 Sep 2005
The current work is the first article in a two-paper series exploring the role of explicit learning objectives in undergraduate mathematics instruction. A definition of student-learning objective (SLO) is introduced. We give examples of SLOs for topics from introductory college and university mathematics courses. We list potential advantages of a general program of grounding mathematics instruction in a set of such explicit SLOs. In the second paper in this series, an explicit, step-by-step algorithm for creating sets of student learning objectives will be described and its use illustrated. (Contains 2 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Undergraduate Study, College Mathematics, Introductory Courses, Lesson Plans, Planning, Teacher Competencies, Mathematics Teachers, College Faculty, Vignettes, Teaching Methods, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teaching Skills, Goal Orientation, Student Motivation, Teacher Behavior, Student Behavior, Behavioral Objectives
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Language: English
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