On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 6:27 AM, kcrisman <[email protected]> wrote: > An FYI to those interested in publishing something about technology and its > impact in the classroom related to Sage (or anything else). This is for > PRIMUS. Both guest editors are familiar with Sage, WeBWorK, and other open > source systems. Note June 15 deadline. > - kcrisman
Hi, I was thinking of writing something for this, but when I read the description below, which says things like the following: - "This issue will not consider specific technologies..." - "Papers should specifically speak to the impact of the technology on student learning, evaluation of the nature of the success of the technology use, ... describe the use of technology and are able to assess its impact in quantitative ... manners are especially welcome." This makes me think that if I were to write a paper about specifically how Randy Leveque and I have taught two courses this quarter at UW using SageMathCloud, that such a paper would be instantly rejected since (1) it is about specific technology, and (2) I'm not a researcher in education, so I have no clue how to "assess impact in quantitative" ways. It's like applying for an NSF grant in the education (rather than math research part) -- no matter how good my proposal is, they will always be instantly rejected unless the proposal is really written by somebody in math education, who knows the research processes. I'm not complaining about the way things are, but just pointing out that this PRIMUS thing at first seems like a potentially interesting outlet for the very interesting education-related things I'm involved in, but based on the description, I very much doubt I would have anything to offer. I have nothing but respect for research in math education, and the more social parts of science, and the deep thought they put into their research methodologies. My wife is just finishing a Ph.D. that involves a lot of survey methodology (though not in education). But I know enough to know that it is not my field. -- William > > > Special Issue on Teaching with Technology: Impact, Evaluation, and > Reflection > Special Issue Guest Editors: Gavin Larose, [email protected]; Robert > Talbert, [email protected]. > Submission Deadline: June 15, 2014 > Description: Technology in a wide range of forms has been introduced to > enhance teaching in many places in the mathematics curriculum. Uses of > technology with teaching include in-class labs, computer demonstrations, and > lecture responses; out-of-class on-line homework, peer-reviewed and edited > documents, and use of social media communication; and many variations on > these, including video lecture, mobile applications, and more. We invite > papers describing uses of technology to enhance teaching. Papers should > specifically speak to the impact of the technology on student learning, > evaluation of the nature of the success of the technology use, and careful > reflection on how it changes the learning process. Papers that describe the > use of technology and are able to assess its impact in quantitative and > particularly reflective qualitative manners are especially welcome. > This issue will not consider specific technologies, but instead seeks to > explore the boundary between student learning and the technology being used: > how it changes the amount students learn, what they learn, and how we are > able to determine this. Reflection on the impact on teaching with similarly > strong evaluation will also be considered. > > PRIMUS publishes occasional Special Issues on timely topics of broad > interest to our readers. These Special Issues have invited guest editors > chosen for their particular interest and expertise in the topic. While these > Special Issues often originate in conjunction with conferences and other > events related to the theme, we also welcome papers through a general open > call for submissions to these Special Issues. > Papers submitted to Special Issues must conform to the guest editors' theme > and meet the journal's standards of excellence. All papers will go through > the usual journal referee process and only those recommended by the referees > and selected by the guest editors may be published in the Special Issue. > Papers for Special Issues are normally about 10 pages long, although there > is some flexibility. Supplementary materials, such as appendices and color > illustrations, may be published in the online version. All papers must be > submitted through the online submission system at: > http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/upri. 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