Using Online Homework Effectively for Better Retention

This instructor-led discussion will focus on using online homework to guide struggling students to success in mathematics. Effective implementation methods of McGraw-Hill’s Math Zone, which offers a built-in diagnostic assessment tool with artificial intelligence, will be demonstrated.

C5

Friday, 10:30–Noon

Improving Student Success with ALEKS Redesign

Join a panel discussion on how to improve student success rates through a variety of approaches involving an online diagnostic assessment tool. Members of the panel will focus on how they’ve successfully redesigned their courses using the ALEKS program to achieve accurate student placement and increased retention rates.

Constructing Concepts, Building Vocabulary
Catherine Salclutti, Nicolle Zapien

In this hands-on workshop, instructors will learn interactive strategies for building math concepts and for connecting those concepts to math vocabulary. Useful for whole class, small group and tutorial settings, concept construxions is a tool designed by experienced math educators to support the retention of algebraic, geometry, and prob/stats concepts.

C4

Thursday, 12:30–2:00

Clickable Calculus: Syntax-Free Maple in the College Math Curriculum
Robert Lopez

By solving a spectrum of standard (and not-so-standard) problems drawn from precalculus, calculus of one and several variables, linear algebra, differential equations, and vector calculus, this session will demonstrate the potential of “Clickable Calculus” to enrich the mathematical experience. Overall, teaching and learning become more efficient and effective.

MyMathLab Training for Novice Users
Sandee House, Diane Gray

In this session, educators new to MyMathLab will learn how to create a course, homework assignments, tests and quizzes, manage the gradebook and track student progress, and become familiar with multimedia resources available to students.

MyMathLab Training for Experienced Users
Sandee House, Diane Gray

In this session, educators who have been teaching with MyMathLab for at least one year, will learn how to use advanced MyMathLab features; managing multiple sections using coordinator and member courses, using the MathXL exercise builder to create custom exercises, customization of the learning environment, and utilizing communication tools.

Creating Custom Exercises in MyMathLab and MathXL
Sandee House, Diane Gray

In this session, educators who have been teaching with MyMathLab or MathXL for at least one year will learn how to use the exercise builder to create algorithmically generated skills exercises, open-ended exercises that assess students’ conceptual understanding, and exercises which require students to show their work.

MyMathTest Strategies for Implementation
Sandee House, Diane Gray

In this session, educators will learn how to use MyMathTest to create short refresher programs to help students quickly come up to speed with their mathematical skills, or design secondary placement programs to assess students’ mathematical skills and accurately place them in the appropriate math course.

MyMathLab Strategies for Teaching
Sandee House, Diane Gray

In this session, educators who have been teaching with MyMathLab for at least one term, will learn and see how experienced educators have designed and administered their traditional, hybrid, lab-based, and online MyMathLab courses. Discussions will focus on best practices and sharing instructional strategies.

To CAS or NOT to CAS...
Steve West

This session will provide hands-on training on a TI-Nspire CAS. The major focus of this session will be on the pedagogical implications of using a CAS system to enhance the teaching and learning of algebra, precalculus and calculus.

Maximizing Student Success in Mathematics with WileyPLUS
Catherine Cutcher, Brad Franklin

Catherine Cutcher, professor of Mathematics at Regent University and Wiley Faculty Network Mentor, will present and discuss the use of WileyPLUS in her online and campus-based math courses – discussing both her and her students’ experience and learning outcomes.

C10
Friday,
12:30–2:00

and

C13
Friday,
2:30–4:00

Improving Student Performance with Friday Mastery-based Software
Emily Omlor

Discover the benefits of using interactive software in teaching and learning mathematics. Hawkes Learning Systems promotes grade improvement and motivates students by engaging them in the learning process. Students learn more efficiently and effectively through tutorials, unlimited practice, mastery-based homework, and error-specific feedback. HLS is the solution for student success!

Enhanced WebAssign: Easy to use. Easy to assign. Easy to manage.
Joe Rogove, John Risley

Join Cengage Learning for a presentation of Enhanced WebAssign, the most widely used homework management system in higher education. This proven homework system is enhanced to include videos, links to textbook sections, and problem-specific tutorials. EWA is more than a homework system; it is a complete learning system for students!

Using the ClassPad 330 to View Mathematics from Different Angles
Ben Klein , Diane Whitfield

The audience will participate in hands-on activities to explore the basic features of the ClassPad 330 handheld with examples from basic Algebra to Calculus and also an activity to introduce the Statistics wizard. This will be an introductory workshop. No experience needed!

Integrating Math Study Skills into the Curriculum: A Proven Success
Paul Nolting, Kim Nolting

This workshop will focus on affective variables (math study skills, motivation, self-efficacy, reduction of anxiety) that can be taught to students to improve their learning and grades. These instructional strategies will be demonstrated along with how to integrate these skills into the math classroom, math labs, tutoring and Web resources.