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  • Creating Community: A Case Study of Students’ Experiences in Inquiry-Based Learning

    Creator:
    Schaub, Branwen
    Abstract:
    We now have broad consensus in the mathematics education research community that active, inquiry-based classrooms provide a wealth of learning benefits for students (Freeman et al., 2014; Laursen et al., 2014; Theobald et al., 2020). Classrooms that utilize inquiry throughout the entire structure of the course, as opposed to the...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • Students' Understanding of Complex Numbers in Middle-Division Physics

    Creator:
    Smith, Emily M.
    Abstract:
    Mathematical sophistication increases rapidly as students transition from lower- to upper-division physics courses. Complex algebra is one of the mathematical tools that is not introduced or used in lower-division physics courses but is pervasive throughout upper-division courses. In this dissertation, I study middle-division physics students' developing fluency with complex number...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    members of the PER group including Dr. Emily van Zee, Dr. Liz Gire, Dr. David Roundy, Dr. Rabindra