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Understanding Social Factors In Small Group Work In Undergraduate Mathematics Classrooms, Jeremy R. Bernier
Understanding Social Factors In Small Group Work In Undergraduate Mathematics Classrooms, Jeremy R. Bernier
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To address the ongoing labor shortage for jobs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, many different initiatives have been undertaken by practitioners, instructors, and researchers. Two major ones have been efforts to improve undergraduate mathematics instruction and to increase diversity and inclusiveness in STEM fields, including with regards to gender identity and sexual orientation. One major ongoing shift in undergraduate mathematics instruction is a shift to increase active learning, often through tasking students to engage in collaborative problem solving in small groups. It is known that active learning strategies like these improve student outcomes over the use of …