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Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 . STEP Up!. TEAM. Dr. Kandethody Ramachandran Dr. Catherine Bénéteau Dr. Scott Campbell Dr. Gordon Fox Dr. Arcadii Grinshpan Dr. Marcus McWaters Dr. Jennifer Lewis. NSF-USF-STEP.

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NSF-USF-STEP

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  1. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! TEAM Dr. Kandethody Ramachandran Dr. Catherine Bénéteau Dr. Scott Campbell Dr. Gordon Fox Dr. Arcadii Grinshpan Dr. Marcus McWaters Dr. Jennifer Lewis NSF-USF-STEP

  2. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! Student success and Increase graduation rate in STEM fields and thus raising student achievement MAJOR GOAL

  3. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! Three Major Components • Project based instruction • Implementation of peer leading • Tutoring lab called STEM Mart MAIN FOCUS Improving pass rate in Engineering and Life Science Calculus

  4. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! Teach calculus through projects based on real life problems • a total of 830 projects have been developed • starting from 4 sections in Fall of 2008 we reached to total of 54 sections by end of Spring 2012 Project Based Instruction

  5. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! • Created an electronic journal • Undergraduate journal of mathematical modeling: one + two • selected 58 projects are published Project Based Instruction

  6. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! • an increase of over 25% in the passing rates for students who did the projects versus those who did not • Over all an Increased pass rates of over 10% for the sections that offer the project option • At least 5% decrease of the withdrawal rates. Data results

  7. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! • The mathematics application activities have led to the creation of • Center for Industrial and Interdisciplinary Mathematics. • Project bank will be a source for project based teaching http://shell.cas.usf.edu/math/mug/projectindex.htm Effects

  8. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! • In peer leader program, selected students provide structured tutoring and serve as role models for other students • starting from 0 sections in Fall of 2008 it reached to a total of more than 85 sections. • developed a curriculum for Engineering and Life Science Calculus 1 Peer Leading

  9. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! • Increased pass rates by more than 10% • 12% decrease of withdrawal rates Data results

  10. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! Got permanent funding from the USF for • 22 Undergraduate Peer Leaders • 4 graduate TAs every semester for Mathematics. Effects

  11. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! • STEM Mart is a one stop tutoring center for lower level STEM courses • Opened extended hours (M-Th., 10am-9pm, F., 10am -4pm, and Sun., 1pm-5pm) in tutoring lab, STEM Mart. • About 40 undergraduate students serve as tutors for elementary level STEM courses • Starting Fall 08, a total of more than 3500 different students logging in more than 15,000 student visits were recorded. • Popular destination for calculus and physics students STEM Mart

  12. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! • Increased passing rates by more than 20% in Calculus for students • Of the students visited 5 or more times, 82% got C or better • Tutoring in various basic subjects is now permanent part of student success at USF. Data results

  13. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! • Implementation of this multipronged approach that combines • student projects, peer guided process learning and centralized tutoring support • has shown significant results that will lead us to our ultimate goal of increased graduation rate. • The project methods are relatively easily transportable to other institutions. Conclusion

  14. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! http://www.math.usf.edu/resources/step/

  15. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! PROGRAM

  16. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! • $300.00 stipend will be mailed to participants who had registered. • Please make sure that you sign the paperwork that will be passed around during discussion time. STIPEND

  17. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! THANK YOU

  18. Workshop for Interdisciplinary and Inquiry Based Teaching of Calculus – September 29, 2012 STEP Up! SUGGESTIONS

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