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von Renesse, Christine; Ecke, Volker – PRIMUS, 2017
This paper links educational psychology research about curiosity to teacher moves that are effective in an inquiry-based mathematics classroom. Three vignettes will show explicit teacher moves (staging disagreement, intriguing anecdotes, and creating a safe space) for different audiences (math majors, mathematics for liberal arts students, and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Inquiry, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
Storm, Christopher – PRIMUS, 2017
This article shares an example of a course in Combinatorics, taught at Adelphi University in Fall 2012, designed with a primary goal of engaging students in pursuing mathematics as mathematicians do. The course went beyond usual applications of inquiry-based learning in that students were also charged with the responsibility of posing the…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Communities of Practice
Jensen-Vallin, Jacqueline – PRIMUS, 2017
As STEM educators, we know it is beneficial to train students to think critically and mathematically during their early mathematical lives. To this end, the author teaches the College Algebra/Precalculus course in a flipped classroom version of an inquiry-based learning style. However, the techniques described in this paper can be applied to a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Critical Thinking, College Mathematics, Inquiry
Price, James C. – PRIMUS, 2015
This article presents four inquiry-based learning activities developed for a liberal arts math course. The activities cover four topics: the Pythagorean theorem, interest theory, optimization, and the Monty Hall problem. Each activity consists of a dialogue, with a theme and characters related to the topic, and a manipulative, that allow students…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction