OHIO MAA 2011 CALCULUS SURVEY

1. OHIO MAA 2011 CALCULUS SURVEY

2. Part 1 Development and Demographics Bill Fuller

3. History of the Survey • The idea of a Calculus survey was first suggested by Vickie Van Dresar from Ashland University when she was Section President in 2008-2009. • The idea was handed on to me by the previous chair of CONCUR, Rob-Roy Mace, Marshall University.

4. Development of the Survey • At the Fall Section meeting of CONCUR in 2010, the members present, Chandra Dinavahi, Bill Fuller, Oliver Ruff, and David Stuckey, had a robust brain-storming session of possible ideas and topics for inclusion in a possible survey of Calculus teaching.

5. Development of the Survey • During the winter of 2010-2011, the brain-stormed topics were put into a questionnaire format. • The questionnaire was discussed and revised by CONCUR during the Spring Section Meeting, 2011.

6. Development of the Survey • During the summer of 2011 the survey was tested in a pilot study on a group of about 10 people, including two past Section presidents. • The Ohio MAA Calculus Survey was conducted as an e-mail survey in October, 2011, with the support of the National MAA office.

7. Development of the Survey • The results were discussed by CONCUR during last Spring’s Section Meeting and CONCUR also met during this last summer to put together this presentation. • About 90 Section members answered the questionnaire. This was an excellent response rate for an e-mail survey.

8. Question 17: Participation by Type of Academic Institution

9. Question 18: Gender

10. Question 19: Interval of time teaching in years

11. Part 2 Teaching Methods David Stuckey

12. Teaching Methods • Straight Lecture • Dialog Lecture • Team Learning • Moore Method • I usually ____ for each entire class session. • I usually ____ for a part of each class session. • I usually ____ several times each week. • I usually ____ several times during the course. • I never use the method of ____.

13. Question 1: Straight Lecture

15. Question 2: Dialog Lecture

17. Question 3:Team Learning

19. Question 4: Moore Method

20. Question 5: Learning Styles

22. Part 3 Use of Technology Anne Albert

23. Question 6: In your Calculus courses how often do you use each of the following? 6a) Percent response for Blackboards/whiteboards, overheads/ transparencies

24. Question 6: In your Calculus courses how often do you use each of the following? 6b) Percent response for Elmo, SmartBoard, Tablet PC

25. Question 6: In your Calculus courses how often do you use each of the following? 6c) Percent response for Computer Simulations, Applets

26. Question 6: In your Calculus courses how often do you use each of the following? 6d) Percent response for Web CT, Moodle

27. Question 6: In your Calculus courses how often do you use each of the following? 6e) Percent response for Internet, Publisher’s Website, Other Media/Devices

28. Question 6: In your Calculus courses how often do you use each of the following? 6f) Response for Facebook, Twitter, Vista

29. Question 7: In preparing materials for the course, how often do you use each of the following? 7a) Use of handwritten materials

30. Question 7: In preparing materials for the course, how often do you use each of the following? 7b) Use of general word processors

31. Question 7: In preparing materials for the course, how often do you use each of the following? 7c) Use of LaTeX or TeX

32. Question 7: In preparing materials for the course, how often do you use each of the following? 7d) Use of PDF files

33. Question 8: How often do you incorporate active use of symbolic processing software in your teaching of the course?

34. Question 9: In communicating with students how often do you use each of the following? 9a) Face-to-face conferences, telephone conversations

35. Question 9: In communicating with students how often do you use each of the following? 9b) E-mail, Web CT, Moodle, Electronic bulletin boards

36. Question 9: In communicating with students how often do you use each of the following? 9c) Department’s web site, personal web site

37. Part 4 Assessment Methods Chandra Dinavahi

38. Question 10 Preferred practice for tests

39. Question 11

40. Question 12 Testing instruments

41. Part 5 Topics in the Curriculum Anne Albert

42. Question 13: Topics • In the teaching of Calculus there are some topics that every course must cover in order to be called “Calculus.”  There are other topics that are sometimes covered, but sometimes are omitted due to time pressures, instructor preference, and so on.  • The purpose of this section is to poll your personal practice on some of these subsidiary topics.   Please indicate what your practice is with respect to covering each of the following topics when you teach Calculus.

43. Question 13: Topics Covered - 13a)

44. Question 13: Topics Covered - 13b)

45. Question 13: Topics Covered - 13c)

46. Question 13: Topics Covered - 13d)

47. Question 15: Balance • In the teaching of Calculus the question often comes up of maintaining a balance between time spent providing motivational examples and the pressure to cover all the topics in the syllabus.  • Which of the following statements best describes your current practice in maintaining the balance?

48. Question 15: Balance between covering the Syllabus and Motivational Examples

49. Part 6 Classroom Management David Stuckey

50. Question 14: Which of the following best describes your practice in monitoring attendance in your Calculus courses?