Home
Resource
Romina interview reflections (M.B.A. graduate): Understanding the ideas
VIDEO
PDF
PDF format is widely accepted and good for printing.
Plug-in required
Transcript(9.56 kb)
Citation & Export
Statistics
Staff View

Now Playing: MP4-1
Close

Open in new window/tab

Citation & Export
Hide

APA citation

Romina interview reflections (M.B.A. graduate): Understanding the ideas [video]. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3TX3CSV

Export

Click here for information about Citation Management Tools at Rutgers.

Statistics
Hide

Description

TitleRomina interview reflections (M.B.A. graduate): Understanding the ideas
PublisherNew Brunswick, NJ: Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning, 2009-07-15, c2009-07-15
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3TX3CSV
DescriptionResearcher Maria Steffero conducts an interview with Romina as an adult, who recently completed her M.B.A., and asks her to reflect on her participation in a long-term study on development of mathematical thinking and reasoning in students. Interview questions include: "What does it mean to you to know something really well? How would you define math now? What would be something you know really well?"
For Romina, knowing something really well has three components: understanding the concept, recalling meaning after a long passage of time, and being able to explain the concept to others. She asserts that performing a procedure like calculating a derivative would not constitute knowledge of calculus. Romina states that even today she would be able to “explain” for others both background and computation of “the fundamental theorem of calculus” – specifically, “how all these things happened and worked.” Romina continues to distinguish between the conceptual “understanding how slope works” versus the procedural “actually figuring out the slope.” She describes the “understanding” as “much more higher level,” whereas “figuring out” computations is “basic” and “number crunching” with which tools like Excel help. Romina implies a lack of appreciation for knowing only a procedure – what she calls the “mechanics – just moving numbers around.” She admits frustration in the past that she “couldn’t do the mechanical part” of mathematics, but that since she does “understand” the ideas behind concepts, she will “get through life just fine.” As a problem-solver, Romina states she is “pretty good” at a process that includes: “getting a lot of information,” “organizing” the information to “see” the problem, and finally “working to find the solution.”
NCTM Process StandardProblem solving, Reasoning and proof, Communication, Connections, Representation
Forms of Reasoning, Strategies and HeuristicsReflecting on past experience
Student ParticipantsRomina (student)
MediatorsSteffero, Maria (Researcher)
SettingInformal learning
Student GenderFemale
Student EthnicityWhite
Camera ViewsStudent view
RightsThe video is protected by copyright. It is available for reviewing and use within the Video Mosaic Collaborative (VMC) portal. Please contact the Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning (RBDIL) for further information about the use of this video.
Date Captured2009-07-15
Local IdentifierA62-GEN-INT-CLIP001
Related Publication
   Type: Related publication
   Label: Ed.D. dissertation references the video footage that includes Romina interview reflections (M.B.A. graduate): Understanding the ideas
   Date: 2010
   Author: Steffero, Maria (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey)

   Name: Tracing beliefs and behaviors of a participant in a longitudinal study for the development of mathematical ideas and reasoning [electronic resource] : a case study.
   Reference: http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.2/rucore10001500001.ETD.000052894
Source
   Title: A62. Romina interview reflections (M.B.A. graduate) (student view), July 15, 2009, raw footage.
   Identifier: A62-20090715-KNWH-SV-INT-CLG-RAW
Version 8.5.5
Rutgers University Libraries - Copyright ©2024