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Examples of
Problem Solving
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Discussion Forum
Discussion Thread
Student Post - Part I
Student Post - Part II
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Showcases - Teaching with Technology
"Online Mathematic Students
Interact and Problem Solve in Blackboard's Discussion Forum"
Pat Kopf
Mathematics
Instructor Project
Description
 In
an effort to increase communication between online mathematic students,
I am using Blackboard’s Discussion Forums. Students interact
bi-weekly on unusual problems that often have multiple solutions.
The use of the discussion forum allows even the weakest students to
participate as they are provoked by each other’s ideas. It also
requires them to communicate by putting their mathematical ideas into
the written word. Learning mathematics online could be very
confining, the use of this tool forces students to interact with one
another on one of the most important curricular issues in mathematics,
problem solving. Targeted Course
- MATH 101 –
Introductory Algebra
Materials
Produced
- discussion
board dialogue
- archives of
previous conversations
Instructional Goals
- develop and
improve problem solving skills
- encourage
interaction among online students
- develop
problem solving strategies in weaker students through interaction with
stronger students
- incorporate
writing in the mathematics classroom
Technologies
Used
- Blackboard's
Discussion Board tool
Resources
Used
- no additional
resources are necessary
Last updated
May 28, 2003
learntec@kellogg.edu
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