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To Flip or Not to Flip the Math Classroom
An open-access meta-analysis suggests that the flipped classroom model is effective at improving student outcomes in introductory statistics. But, there are confounding factors that make us question whether it is worth the time and effort to fully flip a class. This research-to-practice blog reviews the article and provides ideas for maximizing student success while not overextending instructor effort with creating videos, activities, and more for the flipped classroom.
Personalized Learning for the College Math Classroom
With the anticipated learning loss due to the pandemic, forced remote learning, and the ubiquitous use of technology for the classroom, there has been considerable talk about personalized learning. What exactly is personalized learning? What are the advantages and disadvantages of other strategies? And, most importantly, how do you implement personalized learning in the college math classroom?
Project-Based Assessments
In this blog, Arlene Vinion Dubiel shares what makes an exemplary project-based assessment with the intent of helping others to identify, modify, and/or create high-quality project-based assessments.
Exit Tickets for Learning
The concept of the exit ticket is that students must turn in a ticket before exiting the class. They are quick to administer, only requiring the last two to three minutes of class and they can provide good information on where students are in terms of next steps. In this blog, we talk about these four main purposes and how these exit tickets benefit you or your students.
Science of Holidays
From Christmas to Hannukah, Diwali to Kwanzaa this time of year there are many celebrations in many different cultures. Why is this so? Explore the science behind this time of year and how different cultures celebrate this natural phenomenon.
Women in STEM - Part 3
In the last two blogs, we identified the magnitude of the STEM gender gap and some reasons why this gap exists. If the past blogs were a call to action to bridge the gap, this blog is the action plan.