Bill

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Bills Big Adventure Laptop Sophomore Math

• Bill Moss
• http//www.math.clemson.edu/bmoss

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A Brief History

• 1967-2001 Lecture mode at the Naval Nuclear Power
  School, Georgia Tech, Old Dominion, and Clemson.
• 1995 CoES formed
• 1996 The big burst.
• 1997 Renovation of Martin Hall, SUCCEED TBCD
  co-PI, SUCCEED.
• Teaching Effectiveness workshop.

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A Brief History contd

• 1998 Laptop Pilot, WebCT, SUCCEED workshop on
  teaching with technology.
• 1999 Laptop 208, SUCCEED teaching effectiveness
  trainers workshop.
• 2000 Laptop 208, SUCCEED new faculty workshop.
• 2001 Laptop 208, SUCCEED new faculty workshop.

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A Brief History cont 2002

• Studio Laptop calculus III, differential
  equations, and linear algebra.
• Moss, Weaver, Pargas, Grimes weekly seminar.
• International College Teaching and Learning
  Conference and award.

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Future -- 2003

• Fall Studio Laptop calculus III and linear
  algebra
• Spring SCALE-UP Laptop differential equations in
  the renovated old student center ballroom.

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Influences

• RPI Hesburgh award 1995 for Studio calculus and
  physics
• U Del Hesburgh award 1999 for Problem Based
  Learning
• NSF SCALE-UP Project NCSU, UCF, MIT, et. al.

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Research Base

• How People Learn, Brain, Mind, Experience,
  School, National Research Council, National
  Academy Press, 2000.

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Studio Calculus III The Calculus of the 3D World

• Visualization is a strand that runs through the
  entire course.
• Students build 3D solids by constructing their
  bounding surfaces, one surface at a time.
• This course is more technically advanced than the
  traditional pencil and
• paper course.

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Characteristics

• Reduced lecture 10-15 mini-lectures
• Course journal and Maple tutorials (TA graded)
• Tutorials submitted via the WebCT dropbox
• Low-stakes quizzes, individual and team
• Team mini-projects
• Team projects
• Coaching by instructor and peers
• Practice exams

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Maple Tutorials

• Instructional Objectives with suggested problems
  for each objective
• Main mathematical points with examples worked by
  hand and with Maple
• Course journal homework assignments
• Maple problems to be worked at the end of the
  tutorial

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Pedagogy

• Covering the syllabus writing it on the board.
  NO!
• Teaching talking for the entire 50 minute
  period. NO!
• Can technology encourage students to be more
  independent, exploratory learners? YES!

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Pedagogy

• Students take responsibility for their learning.
• Coaching enhances formative assessment.
• Taking attendance and learning names is easy,
  e-mail absentees during studio time.
• Frequent quizzes increase engagement.
• Peer instruction is effective.
• Studio time mixes individual and cooperative
  learning.

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Student Surveys

• Calculus III
• Lecture unit exam
• Studio unit exam
• Survey 1
• Differential Equations
• Survey 2 end of year survey, 206 and 208
  students.