SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Reading List and Homework

Where indicated, a one to two page Summary&Review or an Annotated Bibliographic entry is due. These documents are to be submitted electronically to Dr. Hauk, hauk@unco.edu by 5pm on the due date.

Resources for Summary & Review
writing 		A set of questions to consider when writing a Summary & Review of a research article
Purposes and Methods of Research in Mathematics Education (pdf file)
Due dateAssignment
Thursday, 12 January
  1. Read the article handed out in class on Tuesday. Summary & Review of the article is due on 1/17.
  2. Read pages 1-46 in Patton's Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods. Take notes as you read and/or write a summary of the reading. Be prepared to discuss the readings in-class on 1/12.
Tuesday, 17 January
  1. Read pages 46-103 in Patton's Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods.
  2. Read and prepare discussion points for short article handed out in class on 1/12.
  3. S&R for first article due.
Thursday, 19 January Read pages 1-34 in Strauss & Corbin's Basics of Qualitative Research. Take notes and/or prepare a summary of the reading.
Tuesday, 24 January Read pages 104-137 in Patton's Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods. Take notes and/or prepare a summary of the reading.
Thursday, 26 January 2004 Read pages 143-160 in Patton's Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods.
Tuesday, 31 January 2006
  1. Read pages 161-170 in Patton's Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods.
  2. Read pp. 55-71 in Strauss & Corbin's Basics of Qualitative Research.
  3. Be prepared to discuss paper handed out in class on 1/26: Troiano, P. F. (2003). College students and learning disability: Elements of self-style. Journal of College Student Development, 44, 404-419. Note: Annotated Bibliography of paper due by 5pm, Wednesday, 01 February.
Thursday, 02 February 2006
  1. Read pages 170-182 in Patton's Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods.
  2. Prepare a Summary of Readings in outline form (of the readings to date in the course, not to exceed 3 pages). At the end of the summary include a section called Connections where relationships between and among readings from this and other classes are briefly described.
    Suggested organization:
    Page 1: Annotated bibliographic entries for each article
    Page 2: Bullet points highlighting content in Patton and Strauss & Corbin.
    Page 3: Connections.
  3. Find and bring to Thursday's class an ethnographic or auto-ethnographic study, NOT about mathematics teaching or learning but about a related area (e.g., measurement in science education, the psychology of learning, preparation for clinical practice in medicine, etc.).
Tuesday, 07 February 2006 Read pages 191-198, 202-205, and 541-553 in Patton's Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods.
Thursday, 09 February 2006
  1. Read Chapter 6 in Strauss & Corbin's Basics of Qualitative Research.
  2. Prepare S&R notes and Annotated Bibliography for Jacobs, S. R., & Dodd, D. K. (2003). Student burnout as a function of personality, social support, and workload. Journal of College Student Development, 44, 291-303.
  3. Make notes about what sort(s) of qualitative research might be done to extend and/or follow-up on Jacobs & Dodd's work in a collegiate mathematics setting.
Note: In-class discussion of Jacobs & Dodd (2003) AND generating questions to extend Hauk, S. (2005) [PDF file]. Mathematical autobiography among college learners in the United States. Adults Learning Mathematics International Journal 1(1), 36-56.
Undergraduate mathematical autobiographies provided in class.
Friday, 10 February 2006 S&R rewrite due by 5pm for Amit, M. & Fried, M. N. (2002) Authority in the mathematics classroom and its influence on students' ability to reflect. In A. D. Cockburn & E. Nardi (Eds.), Proceedings of the 26th annual meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 2 (pp. 41-48). Norwich, UK: University of East Anglia.
Tuesday, 14 February 2006
  • Read the undergraduate mathematical autobiography essays handed out on 2/10.

In-class: discussion of undergraduate mathematical autobiography essays and directions for exploratory research regarding them.
Thursday, 16 February 2006
  • Read Chapters 7 & 8 in Strauss & Corbin's Basics of Qualitative Research
In-class: discussion and activity for qualitative labeling/coding/memoing with data.
Tuesday, 21 February 2006
  1. Read pages 207-242 in Patton's Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods.
  2. Do labeling/memoing regarding assigned topic area for all student mathematical autobiographies.
Thursday, 23 February 2006 Begin work on your mathematical autobiography.
NOTE: No class meeting.
Tuesday, 28 February 2006
  1. Read pages 242-257 in Patton's Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods.
  2. Read Chapter 9 in Strauss & Corbin's Basics of Qualitative Research
Thursday, 02 March 2006 In class: finalize abstract to be submitted for Research Day poster presentation.
Tuesday, 07 March 2006 In-class exam. Answer one of the midterm questions.
Thursday, 09 March 2006 In Class: choose/plan four articles to read.
  • Note that S&R of ethnographic article is due by 5pm Friday, 3/10.
    • March 13-17 no class meetings - Spring Break
    Tuesday, 21 March 2006
    • Work on coding of undergraduate MAB essays.
    Thursday, 23 March 2006
    • Work on coding of undergraduate MAB essays.
    • Read pp. 259-268 in Patton.
    Tuesday, 28 March 2006
    • Complete coding of all categories for undergraduate MAB essay research.
    • Outline draft results.
    Thursday, 30 March 2006
    • Draft "Discussion" for MAB essay analysis
    • Read pp. 269-279 in Patton.
    • Discuss readings.
    • Assign poster section tasks.
    Tuesday, 04 April 2006
    • Finalize poster content.
    • Read pp. 279-309 in Patton.
    • Discuss readings.
    Thursday, 06 April 2006
    • Discuss morning poster session.
    • Read pages 310-332 and 339-354 in Patton.
    • Discuss readings.
    Tuesday, 11 April 2006
    • Read pages 364-384 in Patton.
    • Discuss PME-NA reviewing.
    • Start reading
    Thursday, 13 April 2006
    • Read Chapter 10 in Strauss & Corbin.
    • Read pages 385-405 in Patton.
    • Read and prepare discussion notes for: Herzig, A. H. (2002). Where have all the students gone? Participation of doctoral students in authentic mathematical activity as a necessary condition for persistence toward the Ph.D. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 50(2), 177-212.
    Tuesday, 18 April 2006
    • S&R due on Herzig (2002).
    • Read pages 405-418 and 429-440 in Patton.
    • Discuss readings.
    Thursday, 20 April 2006
    • Read Chapter 11 in Strauss & Corbin.
    • Read pages 440-462 in Patton.
    • Discuss readings.
    Tuesday, 25 April 2006
    • S&R due.
    • Read pages 466-480 in Patton.
    • Discuss readings.
    Thursday, 27 April 2006
    • Read Chapters 12 and 13 in Strauss & Corbin.
    • Read pages 541-554 in Patton.
    • Discuss readings.
    Wednesday, 03 May 2006 Download PDF file to read by 11 a.m.

    This list subject to change as the semester progresses.
    Last updated 03 May 2006 by S. Hauk.