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Salinas Martínez, N. Patricia; Quintero Rodríguez, Eliud – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2018
This in practice paper describes the experience of seven lecturers in a hybrid and flipped version of an introductory mathematics course for higher education. In a Mexican university, lecturers adapted to this innovation supported by an adjusted Massive Open Online Course. The experience revealed the relevance of leaving conventional assessment…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Introductory Courses, Blended Learning
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Trigueros, Maria; Lozano, Maria-Dolores – Teaching in Higher Education, 2015
This paper reports the changes that occurred in the didactic approaches of three professors who participated in a project intended to develop new ways of teaching mathematics to second year university students. An enactivist perspective is used to address the process of change that emerged as a result from interactions during project meetings. We…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, College Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Gallegos, Irene; Flores, Alfinio – PRIMUS, 2010
First-year university students design and play their own games, including board, computer, and other kinds of games, to learn mathematical concepts and practice procedures for their pre-calculus and calculus courses. (Contains 2 tables and 8 figures.)
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Calculus, College Freshmen
Cooley, Laurel; Baker, Bernadette; Trigueros, Maria – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This article is the result of an investigation of students' conceptualizations of calculus graphing techniques after they had completed at least two semesters of calculus. The work and responses of 27 students to a series of questions that solicit information about the graphical implications of the first derivative, second derivative, continuity,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Graphs