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Ziegelmeier, Lori B.; Topaz, Chad M. – PRIMUS, 2015
Flipping the classroom refers to moving lectures outside of the classroom to incorporate other activities into a class during its standard meeting time. This pedagogical modality has recently gained traction as a way to center the learning on students in mathematics classrooms. In an effort to better understand the efficacy of this approach, we…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Blended Learning, Educational Technology
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LaRose, P. Gavin – PRIMUS, 2010
In this study we examine the introduction of on-line homework to a Calculus II course as a replacement for ungraded pencil-and-paper homework assignments. We consider how this had an impact on students' performance in the course, on student behavior in completing the assigned work, and on student attitudes toward it. We find that students working…
Descriptors: Homework, Student Attitudes, Calculus, College Mathematics
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Levy, Rachel; Shearer, Michael; Taylor, Padraic – PRIMUS, 2007
We describe a program that provides structured practice of prerequisite material to students in an ordinary differential equations course using an existing automated homework system originally designed for precalculus and calculus classes. The goal of the program is to improve students' comprehension of material presented in class by timing the…
Descriptors: Prerequisites, Calculus, Undergraduate Study, College Mathematics