The Design and Implementation of a Mathematics Learning Community

Autor/in	Kurepa, Alexandra
Titel	The Design and Implementation of a Mathematics Learning Community
Quelle	In: International Journal of Higher Education, 8 (2019) 3, S.77-82 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-6044
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Communities of Practice; Mentors; Disproportionate Representation; Majors (Students); Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; College Faculty; Student Centered Learning; Academic Persistence; Graduation Rate; School Holding Power; Peer Teaching + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Community; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Fakultät; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Peer group teaching; Peer Group Teaching
Abstract	We describe the design and implementation of the Mathematics Learning Community structured as a cohort-based and faculty-mentored group composed mostly of underrepresented minority students in mathematics. The Mathematics Learning Community's goals are: (i) to increase the number of students majoring in mathematics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, (ii) to improve the retention and completion rates, and (iii) to increase the number of students pursuing advanced degrees in mathematics. The design is innovative in a number of ways including its focus on a single discipline, its inclusion of both graduate and undergraduate students in the same learning community, and the use of student vertical tutoring, and faculty mentoring, among other things. The inclusion of upper-level students appears to have reduced the unintended negative effects of typical student-centered learning communities. Although the program is relatively new, the Mathematics Learning Community has been successful by a number of different measures. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01