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5 - Development and Selection of Materials

Charles A. Coppin
Affiliation:
Lamar University
W. Ted Mahavier
Affiliation:
Lamar University
E. Lee May
Affiliation:
Salisbury University
G. Edgar Parker
Affiliation:
James Madison University
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Summary

“That student is taught the best who is told the least.”

R. L. Moore

This chapter addresses the generation of materials to be used to support Moore Method teaching. Development and usage of materials by the prospective user is treated from various perspectives, including

  • guidelines for writing your own problem sequences,

  • adapting textbook treatments,

  • adapting pre-existing Moore Method course notes,

  • modifying materials to fit the realities of a particular class,

  • addressing learning-theory issues, and

  • obtaining support when using another's notes.

These perspectives illustrate principles that may guide the construction of problem sets, resolve the question of authoring notes or adapting pre-existing notes, and provide sources for course notes that have been written for use in Moore Method classes other than your own.

The essays will likely offer the greatest benefit if read in the order presented, especially for the reader entertaining thoughts about using the Moore Method for the first time. May's essay is both highly practical and succinct in its outlook. Mahavier deals, in some detail, with making the decision whether to author notes or use a pre-existing problem sequence. He then segues into guidelines for penning materials. Coppin focuses exclusively on authoring one's own notes, addressing issues from learning theory and illustrating how course notes can address these theories directly. Parker writes from the viewpoint of generating course notes, then adapting them consequent to classroom dynamics.

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The Moore Method
A Pathway to Learner-Centered Instruction
, pp. 45 - 68
Publisher: Mathematical Association of America
Print publication year: 2009

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