Guest post by Sachin Kotecha, Math Sessional Instructor (sachin.kotecha@uwaterloo.ca)
This past February, I (virtually) attended the 25th . Across three days, I attended 15 talks on mathematics education research, with a particular focus on attending talks on inclusivity in mathematics (and on assessment techniques - but that鈥檚 not the topic of this blog post!)聽
One talk in particular resonated with me - it connected both with my experience in my days as a math (and...
This list is taken from the paper of the same name by Nikolas Zelem, Chelsea Uggenti, and Diana Skrzydlo, published in the IASE conference proceedings.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) promotes inclusion of a diverse set of student learning needs and is beneficial for improving student learning outcomes regardless of physical or neurological ability. Yet instructors may ask themselves, 鈥淲here do I start?鈥 in terms of implementing UDL strategies in their courses. A list of nine basic changes made by instructors to improve the accessibility...
Guest post by Anton Mosunov, Math Undergraduate Group (amosunov@uwaterloo.ca)
Back in March I attended the . The focus of this meeting was on research in math education and training of future math educators. A video of the session can be found here: I will share with you three interesting problems that were used by researchers in their studies. What...
Guest blog post by Nikolas Zelem, nzelem@uwaterloo.ca聽
My name is Nikolas Zelem, I鈥檓 a third-year student in the Honours Physics program here at the University of 蓝莓视频. I鈥檝e spent the last four months working with Diana as an Educational Research Assistant. Most of my time was spent working on tasks for the Enhancing Assessment Practices (EAP) project. I reviewed Faculty of Math course syllabi and co-conducted a survey of Faculty of Math students regarding assessments. Both tasks were in service of a larger goal, creating a webpage for the EAP project....
Guest post by Sean Speziale, Math Undergrad Group (sspeziale@uwaterloo.ca)
As I look upon the sleepy faces of my students, I try to remind myself that it鈥檚 4:15 in the afternoon and week 12 of the term, to reassure myself that it鈥檚 not me or calculus that鈥檚 boring. 聽Nevertheless I cannot help to think of what might motivate these students to embrace this opportunity for learning. 聽It brought me back to July 2022 and the McMaster Conference on Education and Cognition (EdCog). 聽There I attended a workshop led by Veronica Yan entitled Motivating...
Covidence is a fantactic research tool for individuals and teams conducting literature reviews:聽from systematic聽reviews, to streamlined Cochrane reviews, scoping reviews and more.聽The University of 蓝莓视频 Library now has an institutional subscription to Covidence, a web-based software that streamlines...
Guest post by Chelsea Uggenti, Statistics & Actuarial Science (cuggenti@uwaterloo.ca)聽
Last weekend I attended the in Toronto. It was my first time attending a CMS meeting and my first in-person conference since the pandemic; both of which did not disappoint! The energy and inspiration that was felt by all attendees 鈥 me included 鈥 was palpable each day.
I attended the conference specifically for the education sessions. These sessions, and the incredible educators from all over the...
