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Mazur, Kristen; Taylor, Laura – PRIMUS, 2022
According to the MAA Instructional Practices Guide, deep learning requires student engagement with content both inside and outside the classroom. Hence, mathematics instructors must work to engage students in the learning experience. Higher education research often equates engaged learning and active learning, but what does engaged learning mean…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learner Engagement, Calculus, Active Learning
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Johnson, Matthew T.; Stanhope, Shelby R.; Ferguson, Leann; Kim, Brandon; Jerome, Rita – PRIMUS, 2023
Motivating students to watch pre-lesson videos to prepare for class is among the most significant challenges cited with flipped learning. We demonstrate boosting student preparation by up to 29% by implementing start-of-lesson quizzes. This is shown through the comparison of a flipped control group without the quizzes to flipped experimental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Flipped Classroom, Calculus, Tests
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Henriksen, Mel – PRIMUS, 2021
Reflections are presented on the first time flipping of an introductory Ordinary Differential Equations course. Assessment results, student motivation, and student attitudes are compared between flipped and traditional learning pedagogies in this course over two terms at a small technical university in the northeast United States. Assessments and…
Descriptors: Reflection, Flipped Classroom, Calculus, Mathematics Instruction
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Bertrand, Elliott; McArdle, David T.; Thoma, Lubos; Wu, Li – PRIMUS, 2021
The percentage of college students receiving unproductive grades in introductory mathematics courses is a concern for post-secondary institutions across the country. Many factors can be targeted as potential explanations for this lack of success, yet none of these issues are more noteworthy than the fact that many students enter college…
Descriptors: College Students, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics, Mathematics Skills
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Barth, Eric; Higginbottom, Ryan S. – PRIMUS, 2021
Gateway testing is an important pedagogic tool employed by many university mathematics departments in calculus and precalculus courses. With a goal of ensuring that students attain needed basic skills in courses with a conceptual "reform" orientation, these tests provide an efficient means of assessing a large volume of student work,…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Educational Practices, Mathematics Tests