Flipped Calculus: videos and exercises for self-teaching computational skills

Argue, C. J.

In first year calculus, students learn many new mechanical tools and the flexibility these tools have in solving problems. In order to focus on problem solving and conceptual ideas in class, I developed a flipped classroom setup to enable students to learn computational skills at home. For each class, I created a page with a few short videos demonstrating computations related to the class material and interspersed text explaining background and highlighting important parts of videos. Students first watched these videos, then completed online exercises to practice the skills in the videos. The online system gave immediate feedback and allowed for multiple attempts. In my TEL demonstration, Summit participants will browse the video pages for my course and may attempt the online exercises. I will also bring example classwork and homework assignments to show the progression of difficulty in the assigned problems.

C. J. Argue, Mathematical Sciences