Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Judith A. Garzolini, Boise State University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

tutorial program,ALEKS™, in effect between 2010 and 2015 at this university. This has been to provide freelicenses to STEM students, on an elective basis, who present at the university during first-year ortransfer orientation programs, and to returning students who have received course grades lowerthan a C in college level mathematics coursework including intermediate and college algebra,precalculus, trigonometry and calculus I.This paper is not presented as a formal study; it lacks a control group since it relies on electiveparticipation. Rather, the focus of this paper is on how this effort recruited participants, howsome of those elective participants performed in subsequent college mathematics classes relativeto other STEM majors, and how the

Conference Session

Mathematics Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Doug Bullock, Boise State University; Janet Callahan, Boise State University; Susan E. Shadle Ph.D., Boise State University

Tagged Divisions

Mathematics

relativelyconstant; however, profound changes were made across all sections in terms of pedagogy,homework, timing of course content, grade computation and exam content.  The motivation for focusing on Calculus I arose from a five-year National Science FoundationScience Talent Expansion Program grant that was awarded in 2010 to a multi-disciplinary teamthat spanned engineering, mathematics and science. A major grant objective was to raise first-semester, full-time retention of students in STEM majors. The projects supported several year-long faculty learning communities (FLCs) of about 10 instructors each. With significantinvolvement from mathematics faculty, the first two FLCs prepared the ground for pedagogicalreform of calculus. In 2013-14, a final FLC