Post Covid-19 pandemic on modality preferences, experiences, and factors contributing to students’ success in mathematics courses (Martina Bode & Shavila Devi)
CATE Seminar Series
September 14, 2023
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Location
TEB 201 or online on Zoom
Address
924 S. Morgan St., Rm 201, Chicago, IL 60607
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This Fall 2023 the CATE Seminar Series will feature the work of experienced UIC instructors who completed the CATE Janet Riddle Action Research Scholars program, a year-long professional learning program investigating how their instructional practices and curriculum impacted the learning experiences of their students in their courses. In this hour-long session, participants will learn about the Action Research Scholars’ project findings, and have the opportunity in an interactive part of the session to reflect on and talk to their colleagues about how to apply the scholars’ teaching strategies, research methodology, and/or research findings to their own practice and research. This seminar will be in a synchronous-distributed format: It is an on-campus, in-person event with the option to join online via live streaming. Light refreshments will be provided.
Speakers: Martina Bode and Shavila Devi, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
Title: Post Covid-19 pandemic on modality preferences, experiences, and factors contributing to students' success in mathematics courses
Abstract: As students returned to in-person classes after the COVID-19 pandemic and as instructors gained more experience teaching online, we continued to offer some form of hybrid learning in selected coordinated math courses. The CATE Action Research Scholars program supported us in understanding students’ preferences and experiences in different modes of instruction.
This study investigates the motivation, experience and performance of students in online and in-person mathematics courses and resources that students found helpful in achieving success.
The research questions guiding this study are:
1) What are students’ motivations for choosing online versus in-person modes of learning and instruction?
2) In expressing a preference for one mode of instruction over another, what do students cite as most helpful in either mode?
3) How do students rate their engagement within each mode of instruction?
The findings from this study are aimed at understanding students’ motivations and preferences for instruction, which could help faculty with refining their teaching. Motivations such as convenience, commute, being able to take care of family members, and keeping a job were reported as salient for choosing online learning. The analysis also shows that students reported guided in-lecture and discussion worksheets, short pre-recorded lecture videos as most helpful in achieving success in mathematics courses. Moreover, various levels of engagements were reported in different modalities, with the online students reporting a higher level of engagement. Providing different modalities of mathematics learning and teaching are important as these different modalities meet the various needs of our diverse student population.
Format: This seminar will be in a synchronous-distributed format. It is an on-campus, in-person event with option to join online via live streaming.
Inclusivity & Accessibility Information: UIC is committed to full inclusion and participation of people with disabilities in all aspects of university life. CATE’s online events are delivered through Zoom and may include breakout rooms and group discussion. CATE’s in-person events typically involve a combination of presentation and discussion-based activities. We welcome ASL interpreters, note-takers, and accompanying assistants to all CATE events. If you have questions about access, such as parking or building layouts, or wish to request accommodations for our programming, such as real-time captioning (CART), ASL services, or obtaining event materials in alternative formats, please contact the event lead, Crystal Tse (tsecryst@uic.edu).
Date posted
Jul 31, 2023
Date updated
Aug 30, 2023