Article History
Received: 22 April 2018
Accepted: 11 October 2018
First Online: 25 October 2018
Authors’ information
: Xiangming Wu is a full-time lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Northern Arizona University. His research focuses on undergraduate mathematics education, specifically on the teaching of calculus and effective programs structures for calculus and on development mathematics students’ characteristics.Jessica Deshler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at West Virginia University where she is also the Graduate Teaching Assistant Coordinator and a Faculty Associate for the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies and the Teaching and Learning Commons. Her research interests are in the area of undergraduate mathematics education specifically on professional development of graduate students and issues of gender equity in mathematics, and she is currently investigating developmental mathematics students’ affective traits.Edgar Fuller is Professor of Mathematics and Associate Director of the STEM Transformation Institute at Florida International University. His research areas include complex networks, machine learning, and data analytics for decision-making and computational geometry. In the area of mathematics education, he focuses on STEM learning, identity, and persistence, especially among underrepresented and at-risk students, and the way these interact with student attitudes, beliefs, and affect.
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