Inquiry-based Learning Workshop

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton Campus

April 6, 2019

Register Now!  FREE EVENT *** Coffee, snacks, lunch and parking are included! ***

 

Introduction

The aim of this free, one-day Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) Workshop is to provide a forum for teachers of Pre-Calculus and Calculus courses at the college level.  Christinne von Renesse and Amy Ksir will facilitate this Inquiry Based Learning Workshop designed as a "hands-on" teaching and learning experience utilizing Inquiry Based Learning techniques to teach mathematics to students.  Calculus will be used as the case study for the IBL workshop.  

Inquiry Based Learning Workshop

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Workshop Location

The workshop will take place in large, comfortable classrooms with technology creating and environment conducive for advanced learning, and is located in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, Boca Raton Campus at Florida Atlantic University.  Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. in Building SE-43, Room 215, and the workshop will take place in SE-43, Room 319B. located on the third floor of the Science and Engineering Building, SE-43. 

Florida Atlantic University 
College of Business 
777 Glades Rd. 
BU 86, Ste. 203 
Boca Raton, FL 33431 

Inquiry Based Learning Workshop Facilitators

	Amy Ksir is a professor of mathematics at the United States Naval Academy, where she has been on the faculty since 2003.  She has taught a wide   variety of courses using IBL in different formats, and has led several IBL workshops.  She is a leader of the Maryland - DC - Virginia IBL consortium, and the   secretary and treasurer of the IBL SIGMAA.
	Christine von Renesse uses open inquiry techniques in all of her teaching. Her passion for music and dancing has been woven into her teaching as part of her inquiry-based approach to mathematics for liberal arts classes, see www.artofmathematics.org. Christine has advanced degrees in Elementary Education and Mathematics from the Technical University Berlin, Germany and a Ph.D. in Computational Algebraic Geometry. She is now a full professor at Westfield State University and part of the leadership of New England IBL community. Christine is passionate about supporting faculty in reflecting on and adapting their teaching.

Tentative Schedule

8:30 am.	REGISTRATION AND WELCOME	Science and Engineering Building (SE-43), Room 215.
9:00 am.-10:30 am.	Experiencing Inquiry as a Student	The workshop facilitators will model teaching with inquiry. Afterwards, we will reflect on the experience and identify inquiry teacher moves.
11:00 am.-12:00 pm.	Assessment Strategies	Using Meta goals to frame our thinking, we will brainstorm different assessment tools and how they connect to teaching with inquiry in a calculus class.
12:00-1:30 pm.	Lunch at the Atlantic Dining Hall	SPONSORED BY:
1:30 pm-3:00 pm	Analyzing and Adapting Inquiry Materias	In this session, we will look at several inquiry-based calculus activities and compare them. Then we will think about why and how we may adapt them.
3:30 pm.-5:00 pm.	Facilitate Whole Class Discussions	Using activities from calculus, we will practice how to predict solutions and mistakes, and use them to sequence and facilitate a whole class discussion.

Directions to Florida Atlantic University

From the North Palm Beach County area:

1. Merge onto I-95 S toward Miami.

2. Take the FL-808/Glades Rd exit (Exit 45).

3. Keep left to take the ramp toward Florida Atlantic Univ/Palm Beach Comm College/Boca Raton.

4. Turn left onto FL-808/Glades Rd.

5. Head east on Glades Road.

6. Turn left (Northbound) into the main entrance of the FAU campus.

7. Continue heading Northbound on N. University Drive.

8. N. University Drive will veer to the right.

9. Turn right at the first traffic light.

10. Park in the lot(s) either to your left or to your right.

From the South Broward County area:

1. Merge onto I-95 S toward West Palm Beach.

2. Take the FL-808/Glades Rd exit (Exit 45).

3. Keep right to take the ramp toward Florida Atlantic Univ/Palm Beach Comm College/Boca Raton.

4. Turn right onto FL-808/Glades Rd.

5. Head east on Glades Road.

6. Turn left (Northbound) into the main entrance of the FAU campus

7. Continue heading Northbound on N. University Drive.

8. N. University Drive will veer to the right.

9. Turn right at the first traffic light.

10. Park in the lot(s) either to your left or to your right.

Parking

Lot 7