Rousing Students’ Minds in Postsecondary Mathematics: The Undergraduate Learning Assistant Model

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This article presents several of the challenges facing postsecondary mathematics education and describes how the undergraduate Learning Assistant (LA) program has been used as a catalyst to engage faculty and students in redesigning opportunities to learn mathematics. Characteristics of the LA progr...

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Main Authors: David C. Webb, Eric Stade, Ryan Grover
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2014-12-01
Series:Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College
Online Access:https://journals-test.library.columbia.edu/index.php/jmetc/article/view/653
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spelling doaj-d8012442304f47a58a34d125c5be31cd2020-11-25T03:37:12ZengColumbia University LibrariesJournal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College2156-14002156-13972014-12-0152Rousing Students’ Minds in Postsecondary Mathematics: The Undergraduate Learning Assistant ModelDavid C. Webb0Eric Stade1Ryan Grover2University of Colorado BoulderUniversity of Colorado BoulderUniversity of Colorado BoulderThis article presents several of the challenges facing postsecondary mathematics education and describes how the undergraduate Learning Assistant (LA) program has been used as a catalyst to engage faculty and students in redesigning opportunities to learn mathematics. Characteristics of the LA program that have been used to transform introductory undergraduate science courses are discussed. We then describe how the LA program was implemented in a mathematics department vis-à-vis the specific contextual features of a mathematics department at the University of Colorado Boulder.https://journals-test.library.columbia.edu/index.php/jmetc/article/view/653
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