Chalk it up to experience: using chalkboard paint to create mathematical manipulatives

Abstract

In this article, we give two examples of creating portable chalkboards using chalkboard paint for students to use during cooperative learning. This provides a creative method for professors to facilitate active learning in the undergraduate mathematics classroom.

Keywords:

• active learning
• chalkboard paint
• spherical geometry
• calculus

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.