Using notebooks to supplement bridge courses.

• Autores: Crisman Karl-Dieter
• Localización: Primus: problems, resources, and issues in mathematics undergraduate studies, ISSN 1051-1970, Vol. 22, Nº. 1, 2012, págs. 1-9
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Faculty often wish to allow for guided exploration or a deeper view of at least one topic in a bridge course. However, when the time allotted to such a course is only seven to ten weeks, it can be difficult to avoid moving quickly from one topic to another�leaving little opportunity for students to see a unified context in which the structures and proof skills might actually be used.

    We describe three years of experience in supplementing a more traditional bridge course. Our strategy was a low-pressure �notebook� for guided exploration in a specific structure (graphs). This provided a unified environment for students to attempt various proof strategies, but (when properly managed and prepared) did not add appreciably to the pace or stress of courses�especially important when time is short!