AC 2009-1225: CALCULUS AT A DISTANCE: BRINGING ADVANCEDMATHEMATICS TO HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH DISTANCELEARNINGNelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology Nelson Baker, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Nelson C. Baker is the Vice Provost for Distance Learning and Professional Education (DLPE) and a faculty member in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Nelson received his B.S. in civil engineering from Georgia Tech, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in civil engineering from Carnegie Mellon. His work focuses on educational learning tools and student learning, faculty usage, and assessment of these techniques for instruction and
). Dr. Akcay Ozkan’s research interests include Online Teaching of Mathematics. She has completed several workshops on online teaching since 2016. She mentors fac- ulty members as they develop their online or partially online courses and assesses their courses with the Quality Matters Rubric. She has served in the eLearning Committee of the college in chair and secretary positions. She is a member of the Math Department’s Best Practices in Teaching and Learning Committee since 2017, and served in chair and secretary positions.Dr. Dona Boccio, City University of New York, Queensborough Community College Dr. Dona Boccio has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the City University of New York Graduate Center, and an M.S. in
witnessed drops in regards to ACT and SAT mathematics placement scores with informalobservations stemming from the need to add more sections of developmental and introductoryMathematics Courses (MAT 1030 Intro to College Mathematics and MAT 1050 CollegeAlgebra). In further exploration of the lower placement scores that were causing an increase inthe number of students requiring the introductory mathematics courses, it was noted that manystudents were just barely missing the MAT 1130 Precalculus I ACT/SAT math placement scoreused at Methodist University. In reviewing numerous incoming student transcripts, it was notedthat this trend could be due to the number, level, and consistency of mathematics coursesincoming students have completed prior to