ERIC Number: EJ1368346
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-1051-1970
EISSN: EISSN-1935-4053
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One Is the Loneliest Number: Groupwork within Linguistically Diverse Classrooms
Hwang, Jihye; Castle, Sarah D.; Karunakaran, Shiv Smith
PRIMUS, v32 n10 p1140-1152 2022
Collegiate mathematics instructors are moving away from traditional lecture-based teaching practices to accommodate the pedagogies that support more active student learning. As part of the movement, groupwork has been increasingly implemented. At the same time, mathematics classrooms have become increasingly diverse and also in the distribution of students' primary languages. In this report, we examine two students' experiences with groupwork in a collegiate mathematics course. What commonly binds these two students is that they each found themselves to be the only member of their respective groups who uses a different primary language from the other group members. After presenting the experiences, we provide instructional implications for group formation in linguistically heterogeneous classrooms.
Descriptors: College Faculty, Mathematics Teachers, College Mathematics, Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Student Diversity, Language Usage, Group Instruction, Group Dynamics, English Language Learners, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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