ACUE Portfolio | Sayonita Ghosh Hajra| Mathematics| Powerful Notetaking| Final

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MATH 107B: Fundamental Mathematical Concepts

MATH 107B, Fundamental Mathematical Concepts, is a math content course for elementary pre-service teachers. I taught this course both in Fall 2020 and Spring 2021. 

Reflection on Instructional Change: 

One practice from the ACUE course that I implemented is the Note-taking activity. I gave structured lesson notes with blank spaces so that students can type their solutions and notes when they are attending class or watching the class recordings. These lecture notes are due once every week. Students were also asked to submit reflections on questions:

  1. List at least two key points from the lesson:
  2. List the common misconceptions about the topic:  
  3. Write down one thing that you learned that you have not thought about before?
  4. What did you learn in relation to the learning objectives? 
  5. Connections:How do these concepts connect to previous content topic? 
  6. What questions/ confusions do you still have about the topic?
  7. (Optional)Additional thoughts or comments 

Implementing this practice was beneficial to both my teaching and student learning. This activity motivated students to attend class or watch recordings for the week and practice the problems done in the class. Students talked about what they had learned, or what confusions they still have. This helped me to prepare my following lessons. Sometimes students ask a content question that I discussed with the whole class in the following week.

I really enjoyed all the ACUE modules including the downloadable reference pdfs and the CTL "Observe and Analyze" session with my colleagues. I am thankful for the conversations that happened synchronously and asynchronously. In the CTL "Observe and Analyze" session, one aha moment was the feedback that I got and was able to implement in the following class meeting. 

A screenshot of student lecture notes  

A Screenshot of Student Lecture Notes

Student Reflection     Screenshot of Student Reflection

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Practice and Reflect on: "Teaching Powerful Note Taking"

Reflection Activity  

Faculty Biography

Sayonita Photo   Sayonita Ghosh Hajra is an assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics at California State University, Sacramento. Dr. Ghosh Hajra has 6 years of college teaching experience. She has been involved with mathematics and mathematics education research. She is also involved with K-8 prospective teacher preparation. 

 

This work was supported by  the Developing Hispanic Serving Institution Project INSPIRE