Teaching and Encouraging Meaningful Reading of Mathematics
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Jane Friedman, Perla Myers, and Jeff Wright
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park, San Diego CA 92110
E-mail: janef@sandiego.edu, pmyers@sandiego.edu, jhwright@sandiego.edu
ABSTRACT
The authors describe several approaches to inducing lower division mathematics students to read the text
before lecture. The modalities considered include attempts to enhance teacher-student interaction, as well
as the automation of certain aspects of course delivery in the context of initial reading of the text.
