How Graduate Students Develop the Mathematical Knowledge Needed
for Teaching
March 5, 2014
3:00pm PGH 646
Abstract
Every teacher of calculus encounters various degrees of student
understanding. To be a successful teacher, it is essential to understand
student misconceptions and to make clear explanations to one's students. To
better understand how new teachers, especially graduate students, develop
their ability to understand student thinking, we conducted individual
interviews with graduate students teaching calculus for the first time. We
will present the results of our findings with the hope that this will lead
to more effective teaching training programs for graduate students who will
teach undergraduate mathematics.
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