IBL SIGMAA Events at Mathfest in Cincinnati
IBL SIGMAA
IBL SIGMAA members,
We’re looking forward to seeing you in Cincinnati at MathFest next week. We wanted to highlight the activities that we’re hosting and we hope to see many of you there! Descriptions for each session are provided at the end of this email.
Your IBL SIGMAA Executive Board Members
Thursday, August 1:
9:00-10:40 AM and 1:30-3:30 PM
Themed Contributed Paper Session: Inquiry-Based Learning and Teaching
Room 230&231
1:30-4:20 PM
Invited Paper Session: Equity and Justice in the Context of Inquiry
Cosponsored by RUME SIGMAA
Room 200
4:30-5:50 PM
IBL SIGMAA Business Meeting & Reception
Invited Speaker: Victor Piercey
Room 200
Friday, August 2:
10:10 AM-12:10 PM and 1:30-2:50 PM
Themed Contributed Paper Session: Inquiry-Based Learning and Teaching
Room 230&231
3:00-4:20 PM
Panel: Jumping into IBL Teaching: Reflections by First-Time Practitioners
Room 263
TCPS: Inquiry-Based Learning and Teaching:
Description: Inquiry-based learning (IBL) transforms students from consumers to producers of mathematics. IBL methods aim to develop a deep understanding of mathematical concepts and processes by putting students in direct contact with mathematical phenomena, questions, and communities. This session invites scholarly presentations on the use and effects of IBL methods for teaching and learning.
Full schedule can be found here: https://bit.ly/2yfl8tS
IPS: Equity and Justice in the Context of Inquiry:
Description: Research is indicating that inquiry pedagogies have the potential to offer rich learning experiences that address some of the ways in which the collegiate mathematics education systematically under-serves some populations. And yet, we also know that elements of these environments, if implemented without care, can contribute to the alienation of exactly the students instructors are hoping to support. For example, being asked to talk in class can trigger stereotype threat for students of color, and unstructured discussions may create spaces in which privileged voices dominate. In addition to implementation issues, as researchers we must develop and apply methods that allow us to see the experiences of marginalized students even when these experiences can be hidden by averages or statistical methods.
While inquiry pedagogies and equity research have great potential for interconnections, combining them as pre-existing perspectives can miss key issues. Inquiry in general might have potential for equity, but colorblind approaches to this framing of the classroom will hide the different meanings made by students in those classrooms and cannot address the pervasive issue that students of color are disproportionately tracked out of some mathematical spaces and into others. Similarly, to the extent that some equity research has had to use instructor-centered pedagogies as a backdrop, different assumptions in inquiry pedagogies might produce significantly different observations. As a result, equity and inquiry must be theorized and researched together in order to engage these emergent questions about using inquiry to rehumanize mathematics and offer justice for all students. The scholars in this session have all contributed to this ongoing research agenda; this session will put their work in direct conversation in support of extending this research agenda and making it accessible to the broader mathematics community.
The session will include ideas from Sandra Laursen, Robin Wilson, Stacy Brown, Jessica Smith, Christine Andrews-Larson, Daniel Reinholz, Amelia Stone-Johnstone, Brooke Mullins, and Rochelle Gutiérrez.
Full schedule can be found here: https://bit.ly/2Mh4JgE
IBL SIGMAA Reception:
Speaker: Victor Piercey
Title: Why inclusivity matters for IBL
Abstract: Many of us recognize the importance of inclusion within the mathematics community, but some might question why it is particularly important for IBL. We will address this question by identifying the challenges and opportunities for an inclusive classroom climate that arise uniquely when IBL is used. We will also share some practical tips to improve the climate for inclusion in your IBL class.
Panel: Jumping into IBL Teaching: Reflections by First-Time Practicioners
Description: Curious about Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) but not sure where to start? So were they! In this panel, faculty who have recently taught an IBL-style course for the first time will reflect on their experiences. Panelists will share a typical day in the classroom along with lessons learned about what worked well and what they would change in the future. Courses represented will range from entry-level to upper divisional.
Panelists: Emily Barnard (Northeastern University), Judit Kardos (The College of New Jersey), Sarah Nelson (Lenoir-Rhyne University), Kristen Pueschel (Penn State University New Kensington), Adam Giambrone (Elmira College)
Samyono, Widodo
Dr. Widodo Samyono
Assistant Professor of Math
Lead Faculty of Math
Division of Arts and Sciences
Jarvis Christian College
P.O. Box 1470.
Room: M-14.
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"Good mathematics is not about how many answers you know.... it's how you behave when you don't know"
-- Albert Einstein ---