Schedule of recorded lectures
All presentations take place Thursday 4-5 PM in MC 5501 except where noted. Title links are to mp4 video recordings.
References
Active Learning
- Active Learning. From the Center for Teaching Excellence, Cornell University.
- Duval, A.(2015). Active Learning in Mathematics Parts I – VI, Contributing Editor AMS Blogs, University of Texas at El Paso.
- Fink, L. D. (2003). Creating significant learning experiences: An integrated approach to designing college courses, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
- Freeman, S. et al. (2014). Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA 2014 111, (23) 8410-8415. (link to paper).
- Mastascusa, E. J., Snyder, W. J., & Hoyt, B. S. (2011). Effective Instruction for STEM Disciplines: From Learning Theory to College Teaching. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
- Prince, M. (2004). Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research, Journal of Engineering Education, 93(3), 223-231.
- Spence, L. D. (2001). The Case Against Teaching. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 33(6), 10-19.
Motivating Students
- Anderson J., Reder, L., Simon, H. (2000). Applications and Misapplications of Cognitive Psychology to Mathematics Education. Texas Educational Review.
- Ariely, D. (2016). Payoff: the hidden logic that shapes our motivations. Simon & Schuster, Inc. NY.
- DeLong, M., & Winter, D. (2002). Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Mathematics. Mathematical Association of America.
- Increasing Student Motivation. From the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
- McKay, S. (2015). Using New Research to Improve Student Motivation. From the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
- Middleton, J. (1995). A Study of Intrinsic Motivation in the Mathematics Classroom: A Personal Constructs Approach. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol 26, No 3, 254-279.
- Motivating Students. From the Center For Teaching, Vanderbilt University.
Assessments for Learning
- Brown, S., Race, P., Smith, B. (2004). 500 Tips on Assessment. London: Routledge
- DeLong, M., & Winter, D. (2002). Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Mathematics. Mathematical Association of America.
- Fink, L. D. (2003). Creating significant learning experiences: An integrated approach to designing college courses. San Francisco, Calif: Jossey-Bass.
- Krantz, S. (2015) How to Teach Mathematics. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society.
- McGonigal, K. (2006) Getting more teaching out of testing and grading. Speaking of Teaching,15 no 2. Retrieved from https://web.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/Newsletter/testing_grading.pdf
- Miller, A., Imrie, B., Cox, K. (1998). Student Assessment in Higher Education. London: Routledge
- Wiggins, G. (2012). Seven Keys to Effective Feedback. Educational Leadership Vol 70, No 1, 10-16. Retrieved from http://www.bcit.ca/files/ltc/pdf/ja_studentmotivation.pdf
Testing effect
- Dempster, F.N. (1988). The spacing effect: A case study in the failure to apply the results of psychological research. American Psychologist, 43(8), 627-634.
- Eriksson, J., Kalpouzos, G., Nyberg, L. (2011) Rewiring the brain with repeated retrieval: A parametric fMRI study of the testing effect. Neuroscience Letters, 505(1), 36-40.
- Fain, R. J., & Hieb, J. L., & Ralston, P. A., & Lyle, K. B. (2015, June), Can the Spacing Effect Improve the Effectiveness of a Math Intervention Course for Engineering Students? Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23660
- Karpicke, J. D. (2012). Retrieval-based learning: Active retrieval promotes meaningful learning. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 21(3), 157-163.
- Roediger, H., Karpicke, J. (2006). Test-Enhanced Learning: Taking Memory Tests Improves Long-Term Retention. Psychol Sci. 2006 Mar;17(3):249-55.
- Roediger, H. L., III, Putnam, A. L., & Smith, M. A. (2011). Ten benefits of testing and their applications to educational practice. Psychology of Learning and Motivation, 44, 1–36.
- Tibbles, Richard. (2015) Exploring the Impact of Spacing in Mathematics
- Learning through Data Mining. EDM Wing, E., Marsh, E., Cabeza, R. (2013) Neural correlates of retrieval-based memory enhancement: An fMRI study of the testing effect. Neuropsychologia, 51, 2360-3270
Presentation Skills
- Gurney, P. (2007). Five Factors for Effective Teaching. New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work, Vol 4, Issue 2, 89-98.
- Hart, R. (2007). Act like a teacher: Teaching as a Performing Art. Electronic Doctoral Dissertations for University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
- Huang, Y., Lin S. (2013) Assessment of Charisma as a Factor in Effective Teaching. Journal of Education Techonology & Society, Vol 17, No 2, 284-295.
- Lecturing Effectively. From the Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo.
- McCarron, K., Savin-Baden, M. (2008) Compering and comparing: stand-up comedy and pedagogy, Innovations in Education and Teaching International, Vol 45, No 4, 355-363
- Polishing Your Delivery. From the Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo.
- Servilha, Emilse Aparecida Merlin, & Costa, Aline Teixeira Fialho da. (2015). Knowledge about voice and the importance of voice as an educational resource in the perspective of university professors. Revista CEFAC, 17(1), 13-26. Epub January 00, 2015.https://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-0216201514813
- Tauber, R. T., & Mester, C. S. Teaching Tips. From the Association for Psychological Science.
- Tauber, R. T., & Mester, C. S. (1994). Acting lessons for teachers: Using performance skills in the classroom. Westport, CN: Praeger.
For information please contact: Dan Wolczuk, Mathematics Faculty, University of Waterloo.
Updated: Thu Aug 10 12:55:04 EDT 2017