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Counting The Possibilities: New Numerals And New Opportunities, Ryan Fox
Counting The Possibilities: New Numerals And New Opportunities, Ryan Fox
Faculty Scholarship Symposium
To support the teaching of a class, I investigated the Kaktovik or Inupiaq number system. What started as an exploration to enhance an education class activity turned into a fascinating addition to my research agenda. The proposed presentation will summarize already accepted work and look forward to new possibilities. My first scholarly work with these numbers had education majors connect their own understanding of mathematics to the addition and subtraction in the number system, challenging the students’ approaches to teaching elementary school children familiar algorithms. In another work, I presented approaches to multiplying these new numbers to local mathematics teachers. …
Pausing For More: Help Your Students Avoid Burnout With 1 Classroom Presentation, Sara E. Wigal
Pausing For More: Help Your Students Avoid Burnout With 1 Classroom Presentation, Sara E. Wigal
Faculty Scholarship Symposium
Undergraduate students suffer under increasing stressors despite enhanced on-campus wellness offerings at many institutions. In this presentation, participants will learn that a replicable innovative 60-minute in-classroom intervention can help measurably increase student mindfulness and sense of classroom belonging, which in turn are proven burnout-avoidance mechanisms. Learn how students who are taught to practice mindfulness paired with productivity skills can better connect with faculty in the classroom for a healthier college experience conducive to learning.