Opportunity to Interpret: Infection Rates in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor/inn/en	Yan, Xiaoeheng; Jungic, Veselin
Titel	Opportunity to Interpret: Infection Rates in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Quelle	In: PRIMUS, 33 (2023) 6, S.652-669 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Yan, Xiaoeheng)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1051-1970
DOI	10.1080/10511970.2022.2122092
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Disease Incidence; Calculus; Mathematics Education; Undergraduate Students; Mathematics Activities; Student Evaluation; Cognitive Processes; Difficulty Level; Introductory Courses + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analysis; Differenzialrechnung; Infinitesimalrechnung; Integralrechnung; Mathematische Bildung; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Einführungskurs
Abstract	The COVID-19 pandemic provided students a rare opportunity to use their mathematical knowledge to make sense of a top-of-mind crisis. Based on a report in a major regional newspaper, we designed tasks that require an understanding of infection rates and an interpretation of a misleading claim made in the newspaper. Our analysis of 91 undergraduate students' responses to one of the tasks shows that 77% of the participants used the first or second derivative to interpret the claim. While an assessment for fundamental calculus courses may include both the memorization of procedures and high-cognitive-demand tasks, the findings suggest that it is feasible and worthwhile to build assessment questions on a meaningful connection with the real world. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01