Experimenting with Classroom Formats to Encourage Problem Solving
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2002
Journal / Book Title
PRIMUS
Abstract
In this article, I describe how modifying familiar classroom formats in a college geometry class helped to encourage student problem solving. These modified formats, which resemble the problem-solving settings of mathematicians, are described in the context of problems my students and I explored. It is hoped that this paper’s success stories encourage the reader to consider experimenting with classroom formats as a resource for encouraging student problem-solving.
DOI
10.1080/10511970208984032
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Fernandez, Eileen; Kazimir, Jessica; Vandemeulebroeke, Lynn; and Burgos, Carlos, "Experimenting with Classroom Formats to Encourage Problem Solving" (2002). Department of Mathematics Facuty Scholarship and Creative Works. 72.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/mathsci-facpubs/72
Published Citation
Fernandez, E., Kazimir, J., Vandemeulebroeke, L., & Burgos, C. (2002). Experimenting with classroom formats to encourage problem solving. Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies, 12(3), 247-261.