e-modules
Tutorial Strategies: Active Learning in Mathematics
The purpose of this module is to explore new strategies, resources, and tools for supporting active learning in tutorial settings. Lessons in this e-module will help enhance your strategies for leading effective, inclusive, and purposeful discussion-based tutorials in face-to-face, online, or blended contexts. This module is part of the Modern TA series of e-learning resources. It develops research-based strategies for how student-centered teaching approaches and digital technologies can be leveraged to enhance tutorials and support student learning.
Topics include:
- Strategies for active learning
- Starting and supporting student discussions
- Integrating video podcasts into lectures
- Question-posing techniques
- Using online tools in blended and online learning
Tutorial Strategies: Teaching Math with Dynamic Visualization
The purpose of this module is to develop ideas and strategies for teaching with Dynamic Geometry Software (DGS). Lessons explore how DGS can help students tackle and make sense of challenging concepts, relationships, and proof. Explore ways technology can shift how we think about, enact, and communicate learning opportunities for our students, with a special focus on the affordances of interaction and visualization. This module is part of the Modern TA series of e-learning resources. It develops research-based strategies for how student-centered teaching approaches and digital technologies can be leveraged to enhance tutorials and support student learning.
Topics include:
- Supporting learning through visualization and visual reasoning
- Tips for choosing and integrating Dynamic Geometry Software in lectures
- Learning actively with Dynamic Geometry Software
- Strategies for responding to student questions and emails with DGS
Tutorial Strategies: Teaching Math with Python
The purpose of this module is to explore and develop strategies that TA’s can use to teach math concepts through computational modeling with Python. Increase fluency with using technology to foster student thinking, reasoning, and active learning. Extend understanding of the educational benefits of integrating multiple representations through computational modeling. This module is part of the Modern TA series of e-learning resources. It develops research-based strategies for how student-centered teaching approaches and digital technologies can be leveraged to enhance tutorials and support student learning.
Topics include:
- Tips for integrating and presenting code in lectures
- Strategies for delivering accessible lectures
- Learning actively with computational modeling
- Developing graphical intuition for computation-based problems
- Strategies for responding to student questions and emails with Python