Flipping the Calculus Classroom: A Cost-Effective Approach

Abstract

This article discusses a cost-effective approach to flipping the calculus classroom. In particular, the emphasis is on low-cost choices, both monetarily and with regards to faculty time, that make the daunting task of flipping a course manageable for a single instructor. Student feedback and overall impressions are also presented.

Keywords:

• Flipped classroom
• inverted classroom
• calculus

Notes

¹ I stole this language and the format from Robert Talbert and information I learned from reading his blog “Casting Out Nines.” [4]

² A full set of screencasts to accompany the first four chapters of the text Active Calculus has been created by faculty members at Green Valley State University [2]. Using online content that someone else has made would clearly decrease the amount of time required by an individual instructor.

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Notes on contributors

Andrea Young

Andrea Young earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2008. After doing a three-year post-doc at the University of Arizona, she is now an Assistant Professor of Math and Computer Science at Ripon College.