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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
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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