| Speaker: Matthew Inglis Affiliation: Loughborough University UK Time: 4:00 pm Wednesday, 20 March, 2019 Location: Maths building - PLT2 303-G02 |
| Reading printed mathematics is an important educational activity for students at all levels, but particularly for advanced mathematics students. Here I report a series of studies designed to understand and improve how undergraduate students read mathematical proofs. First, I describe an expert/novice eye-movement study designed to probe the differences in reading behaviour between undergraduates and research mathematicians. Then I report three experiments which investigated how a tailored program of self-explanation training can (a) improve students' reading comprehension outcomes; (b) develop more expert-like reading behaviour (in terms of eye movements) and (c) function in a genuine pedagogical setting. Followed by drinks and nibbles in the common room on the fourth floor |