Welcome!

Dear Student,

Your instructor is taking part in a research study about mathematics teaching strategies, conducted by our research team at the University of Colorado Boulder. The study is working to describe teaching practices in college mathematics classrooms. We are comparing survey responses, class materials, and interview data to observed classroom practices.

Your instructor is providing information about the teaching strategies in your course by completing a survey and an interview, and by sharing some of the course materials.  You may have had a video camera in your classroom this term, too. 

We also want to understand students’ perceptions of the teaching strategies in this class.  So we are inviting you to complete a short survey, as a student enrolled in this course.  We will ask you about your perspectives on learning and interacting in the course, your recollection of the teaching strategies used in the course, and your academic habits and background.  The survey will take you 10-15 minutes to complete.

Your participation in the survey is voluntary. Your answers are most helpful to us if they are complete, but you may skip questions you do not wish to answer, or choose not to participate. Your answers are anonymous and confidential within our research team.  We have no information about who you are, and your personal or academic information will not be shared with us.  We will not identify you or your answers individually, and we will not tell your teacher who answered the survey or what you said.  Your responses will be combined with responses from other students for data analysis.

While there will be no direct benefit to you from the study, the data from this study may be used in the future to help math instructors who aim to improve their teaching.

By completing this survey, in part or in whole, you agree that we may use this data to understand and improve teaching in college math courses.

Thank you for your candid responses! We very much appreciate your help.  Please contact us with any questions.

 

Sandra Laursen, Ph.D., study director
Melanie Woods, Ph.D., research associate

Ethnography & Evaluation Research (E&ER)
University of Colorado Boulder

Sandra.Laursen@colorado.edu
303-735-2942
www.colorado.edu/eer

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