Abstract
Productive struggle is effortful learning that empowers students to attempt solving new math problems using logic and prior knowledge before being explicitly taught a procedure. This paper highlights the researcher’s work in precalculus, calculus I and calculus II using open-ended tasks designed to promote engagement and learning through productive struggle. Students can learn to value struggle as an expected and natural part of learning (Carter 2008, p. 136). The researcher shares the results of a two-year study, examples of tasks, and discuss how to design tasks and implement this teaching tactic in the undergraduate math classroom.
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Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
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KEYWORDS
Productive Struggle, Math, Learning, Personalized Learning
