Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 3: Diversity in Mathematics Education

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Lee Singleton, Whatcom Community College; Eric Davishahl, Whatcom Community College; Todd Haskell, Western Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

justification component. Figure 4 shows two sample questions thatwere given on the topics of Riemann sums and centroids. Figure 4: Two “Concept Check” questions that are used to gain insight into student thinking and their line of reasoning while problem-solving.The online questions given as a “concept check” prior to exams were awarded full credit forcompletion, and not for accuracy. These questions were talked about in class a day or two beforethe exam to allow students to see where they may have applied incorrect reasoning and otheravenues they might have taken to answer the question. The exam questions were given onexams with one point counting toward the multiple choice portion of the answer and five pointstoward the justification portion of