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Katz, Brian P.; Thoren, Elizabeth – PRIMUS, 2014
We have used wiki technology to support large-scale, collaborative writing projects in which the students build reference texts (called WikiTextbooks). The goal of this paper is to prepare readers to adapt this idea for their own courses. We give examples of the implementation of WikiTextbooks in a variety of courses, including lecture and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Mathematics, Textbooks, Electronic Publishing
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Weber, Wendy A. – PRIMUS, 2005
When students take their first upper division mathematics course after an introduction to proof course, they are often overwhelmed by the prospect of writing in a mathematics course. In mathematics, unlike other disciplines, students are very seldom asked to respond via writing to a reading assignment, to write an essay about a topic they have…
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, Geometry, Mathematics Instruction, Writing Across the Curriculum