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Finding the Right Balance when Redesigning a Pre-Calculus Course with Online Software
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, Towson University, United States

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, in Washington, DC, United States Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), San Diego, CA

Abstract

Course redesign began in 1999 with the work of Dr. Carol A. Twigg and the National Center for Academic Transformation. The use of information technology to enhance teaching and learning is the fundamental feature of course redesign. Following the success of Dr. Twigg’s work in the early 2000s, course redesign spread to many institutions, particularly for high-enrollment, introductory-level courses. This session will describe the redesign of a Pre-Calculus course at a large, public state university. This particular redesign used a replacement model whereby one hour in a computer laboratory replaced one of the four hours of lecture. Students used the online mastery-based software, MyMathLab, in the lab as well as outside of class. We will share results regarding student success rates in Pre-Calculus and subsequent mathematics courses. We will discuss issues related to the use of the software and our efforts to address the issues.

Citation

Tomayko, M. (2016). Finding the Right Balance when Redesigning a Pre-Calculus Course with Online Software. In Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning (pp. 260-264). Washington, DC, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved March 28, 2024 from .