Michael Brenner: Collaborative Problem Sets

February 1, 2012
Michael Brenner: Collaborative Problem Sets

In his course Applied Mathematics 201, Professor Michael Brenner used an innovative approach in his problem set assignments. Students worked in groups of two or three on each assignment. In a first phase, they collaboratively wrote the solution of the problem set and posted it on a wiki. In a second phase, students were asked to study the solution posted by another group and to provide comments to improve the writing and clarity of the solution. Students then voted for the best solution.