Why Lectures in Advanced Mathematics Often Fail

This case study investigates the effectiveness of a lecture in advanced mathematics. We video recorded a lecture delivered by an experienced professor. Using video recall, we then interviewed the professor to determine the content he intended to convey and we analyzed his lecture to see if and how t...

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Published inNorth American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Main Authors Fukawa-Connelly, Tim, Lew, Kristen, Mejia-Ramos, Pablo, Weber, Keith
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education 2014
Subjects
College Faculty
College Mathematics
College Students
Comprehension
Course Content
Lecture Method
Mathematical Logic
Mathematics Teachers
Notetaking
Student Attitudes
Teaching Methods
Validity
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Summary:This case study investigates the effectiveness of a lecture in advanced mathematics. We video recorded a lecture delivered by an experienced professor. Using video recall, we then interviewed the professor to determine the content he intended to convey and we analyzed his lecture to see if and how this content was conveyed. We also interviewed six students to see what they understood from this lecture. The students did not comprehend much of the content that the professor intended to cover in his lecture. We propose three reasons for why students failed to grasp much of the content that the professor intended to convey. [For the complete proceedings, see ED597799.]