In this video you can see how a student gets curious about a mathematical connection after I told the class about a "cool thing": a paper about the mathematics of finger printing that had just crossed my path.
This video was taken in a mathematics for liberal arts class with 15 honors students. It met two times a week for 75 minutes each.
This video was taken in a mathematics for liberal arts class with 30 students. It met three two a week for 75 minutes each.
This video was taken in a mathematics for liberal arts class with 30 students. It met three two a week for 75 minutes each.
Volker Ecke is working with 4 students simultaneously, all having different learning edges and questions. Notice how he is using wait time, what he encourages them to do and how little he is actually telling them.
This video was taken in a mathematics for liberal arts class with 30 students. It met two times a week for 75 minutes each.
This video shows the main elements of a typical class of Volker Ecke. Notice how
different students are working on different topics and the assignments are
differentiated as well. Because of this there are no whole class discussions
happening in this class period.
This video was taken in a mathematics for liberal arts class with 30 students. It met three times a week for 50 minutes each.
This video was taken in a mathematics for liberal arts class with 30 students. It met two times a week for 75 minutes each.
