The Moore Method : a Pathway to Learner-Centered Instruction / Charles A. Coppin, W. Ted Mahavier, E. Lee May, G. Edgar Parker.

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""Cover ""; ""copyright page ""; ""title page ""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""What is the Moore Method?""; ""Who was R.L. Moore?""; ""What�s in this book?""; ""What isn�t in this book?""; ""How might I read this book?""; ""Why did we write it?""; ""How did we write it?""; ""Who are we?""; ""Is what we do really Moore Method?""; ""Moore�s Moore Method""; ""What is the Moore Method?""; ""Parker""; ""May""; ""Coppin""; ""What are the Problems?""; ""The Method""; ""Not Angel""; ""Modified Moore Method (M3)""; ""The Dark Side""; ""Conclusion""; ""Mahavier""

""Time""""Materials""; ""Attitude""; ""Conclusion""; ""On Culture""; ""Coppin""; ""Student Culture""; ""Teacher Culture""; ""Collective Culture""; ""May""; ""Respect""; ""Responsibility""; ""Democracy""; ""Relaxation""; ""Parker""; ""Mahavier""; ""Development and Selection of Materials""; ""May""; ""1. Take a course from a practitioner of the method.""; ""2. Establish a mentoring relationship with a practitioner of the method.""; ""3. Obtain notes from the Educational Advancement Foundation�s Legacy of R.L. Moore Project.""

""4. Obtain notes from the Journal of Inquiry-Based Learning in Mathematics.""""5. Assemble problems from existing textbooks.""; ""6. Develop notes from scratch.""; ""7. Attend a workshop on inquiry-based learning.""; ""Conclusion""; ""Mahavier""; ""Write your own materials""; ""Use someone else�s notes""; ""Use a text""; ""Conclusion""; ""Coppin""; ""Axiom 0. Study the masters""; ""Axiom 1. Progress from the simple to the complex""; ""Axiom 2. Calibrate the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)""; ""Axiom 3. Write well""; ""Conclusion""; ""Parker""; ""In the Classroom""; ""Mahavier""

""A typical first day""""The first few weeks""; ""A typical mid-semester day""; ""The end of the course""; ""Classroom Techniques That Work""; ""Learn their names""; ""Lecture sparsely""; ""Be positive""; ""Be gentle when it is necessary for a student to leave the board""; ""Cover significant mathematical ground""; ""Leave the classroom""; ""Let students use notes at the board""; ""Discourage note taking""; ""Play the many roles of the instructor""; ""Answer questions with questions""; ""Lie to your students!""; ""Allow students to make mistakes""; ""Classroom Techniques to Avoid""

""Attacks""""Correcting""; ""Hints""; ""Runaways""; ""Better proofs""; ""Testing""; ""Parker""; ""A day in a Moore Method classroom""; ""Getting started""; ""Student presentations""; ""Following up""; ""Day-to-day preparation for being ready for in-the-classroom dynamics""; ""A day in which no one has anything to present""; ""The first day""; ""Summary""; ""May""; ""Lesson 1""; ""Diary Entry 1""; ""Lesson 7""; ""Diary Entry 7""; ""Lesson 30""; ""Diary Entry 30""; ""Lesson 42""; ""Diary Entry 42""; ""Coppin""; ""ENE Teaching Notes""; ""The notes""; ""Format""; ""Diary of select classes""

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