Poster #71 - Instructor and Student Uses of Technologically Enhanced Undergraduate Mathematics Textbooks

• In Event: 77.059 - MTCC Tuesday Poster Session 18
  In Poster Session: 77.059-10 - Mathematics Education Research Poster Session

Abstract

We present findings from a study of instructor and student uses of technologically-enhanced textbooks intended for mathematics majors in university linear and abstract algebra. The HTML format allows for pairing real-time viewing data with bi-weekly surveys from about 200 users of these textbooks. We describe processes of instrumentation and instrumentalization for faculty (in creating lecture notes) and for students (in reading the textbook). While both instructors and students tend to use the HTML textbooks as they would a bound textbook, the availability of real-time information about viewing allows for the identification of patterns of textbook use that are useful to inform instructors about student performance and textbook authors and designers about features that are most effective for users.

Authors

• Vilma M. Mesa, University of Michigan

• Ageliki Mali, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

• Elena Castro-Rodriguez, University of Granada