Subject: Math
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Engaging Large Calculus Classes with In-Class Polling Activities
This example showcases the use of active-learning and retrieval practice, which have been shown to be effective teaching strategies. The Calculus for Life Sciences courses highlighted here are large (400-700 students in each), and each lecture section has about 120-150 students.
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Engaging Students with Amplify
Amplify Classroom provides students with opportunities to see mathematics in new ways and truly interact with it. Jill Vettrus would have a difficult time teaching without it.
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Excel Helps Students Determine: Is it Too Good to Be True?
Instructors of mathematics want students to use mathematical reasoning to understand the world around them, question false claims, and be critical thinkers inside and outside of the classroom. Get-rich-quick schemes often rely on numbers that sound reasonable but can be carefully unpacked using tools like spreadsheet technology.
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Digital Spreadsheets Build Financial Literacy through Quick Comparisons
Financial literacy is a key area where students can learn mathematics that is relevant to their present and future lives. Digital spreadsheets and well-organized scenarios can support students to understand how compound interest works, exposing them to the basics of taking out loans and saving for retirement.
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Using Algebraic Reasoning and Spreadsheets to Work with Real World Data
Students may struggle with this eye-opening and fun exercise, but with practice they will appreciate the difficulty inherent in working with real world data.
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Playing an Instrument Instead of Just Talking About Playing an Instrument
This activity uses digital spreadsheets to illustrate the key concepts underlying the Central Limit Theorem and occurs after introducing basic descriptive statistics and the normal distribution as an example of a histogram.