McGraw –Hill Education STEM Teaching Strategies Virtual Summit – Day 2
3/13/15
Anatomy &
Physiology
Biology &
Microbiology
Chemistry, Engineering, Physics, and Geosciences
11am
CT
Collegiate Math
Developmental Math
Health Professions
“Technology to Enhance Statistics Class: Beyond
the Calculator”
Kelly Jackson
“Flipped and Accelerated Courses for Developmental
Math”
Leah Rineck
“Improving Outcomes and Soft Skills Using Medical
Assisting Gaming Simulations”
Bert Snow and Marta Lopez
This session will focus on how technology can be
used as a tool to help Introductory Statistics
students not only learn their course content but
remediate pre-requisite topics and apply their
knowledge to real world situations. With the
current emphasis on students starting college level
work sooner and with less remediation prior to
entry, faculty need to have an "all of the above"
strategy for helping students succeed in their
introductory level math courses.
This presentation is intended to give you an outline of
ideas to flip a developmental math classroom and
accelerating the students through two and in some
cases three courses. The ideas will include how to flip
the classroom, modular structure, using manipulatives,
using ALEKS for practice, and students earn the right to
take exams.
Burt Snow and Marta Lopez will lead a discussion about
how today’s student can become more engaged in
learning important employability skills in an interactive,
gaming environment. While most students have
experienced gaming for recreation, introducing a real
life, gaming tool in the medical assisting classroom is a
new concept to many educators. Using McGraw Hill's
Practice Medical Office game, the presenters will
introduce a new way to motivate and engage both
instructors and students creating better retention and
recruitment in the Health Professions classroom.
“Acceleration, Collaboration, and Customized
Remediation: Developmental Math Redesign at
Broward College”
Michelle Carmel
12pm
CT
“ALEKS and the GCAT at Emory. Design and
implementation. ”
Dr. Doug Mulforf
This talk will focus on the use of ALEKS for a summer
pre-test and remediation at Emory Universality in
addition to implementation throughout the year. We
have found ALEKS to be very effective at helping
students be ready for college chemistry on day 1
regardless of their background training. In addition we
have found the in-class implementation has
fundamentally changed the course with student
learning greatly increased even for the weakest
students.
Acceleration, Engagement in the classroom and
Customized Remediation (using ALEKS) are the key
components to Broward College’s Math Redesign 8week Model. Participants will experience a redesigned
math class during this interactive session. The
facilitator will share the accelerated model,
collaborative learning strategies and engagement
techniques used in the classroom.
“Developmental Math in a Virtual Classroom“
Michelle Woodward
Michelle received her Bachelors in Physics from
Northern Arizona University and her Masters degree in
Educational Psychology from the University of Arizona.
She taught high school Physics and Mathematics for 7
years in Arizona and for 2 years in Japan. In 2006, she
became the Director of the Math and Science Resource
Center, which focused on tutoring specifically for STEM
courses the University of Arizona. In 2009, the
Mathematics Department tasked her with establishing
the Math 100 course, a course for students who are
underprepared for university level mathematics. The
program has grown from serving 200 students a year to
2000 over the last four years and works with students
in a completely synchronous online environment. In
2012, she received the Innovative teaching Award for
the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the
University of Arizona.
“Improving Student Retention and Outcomes using
Success Tools in Medical Terminology”
Rachel Basco
Topics to be covered include an overview of Connect
including information to present on the first day of
class. Additionally, Rachel will discuss how the use of
Connect and LearnSmarthelps to reinforce classroom
materials and to demonstrate adherence to course
learning outcomes.
Nutrition
“Developmental Math Pathways: A Student Centered
Approach”
Kelly Kohlmetz
1pm CT
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“Making the Book Smarter for Your Students: The
Adaptive Learning Experience in STEM”
Dr. Jason Overby
“Strategies for Incorporating STEM Applications
in College Algebra”
Julie Miller
While every instructor knows the value and utility of
textbooks, students today, particularly those in STEM
fields, do not hold those same views. How can we as
STEM instructors engage our students in a meaningful
way with the content in the books for our courses?
With SmartBook, the world’s first adaptive reading
experience, we now have the opportunity to connect
STEM students with important content in the most
effective way possible! This presentation will introduce
SmartBook and discuss how easy it is for STEM faculty
to take their courses to new levels.
Join the presenter, Julie Miller, to investigate
strategies to incorporate applications and
animations in a face-to-face or online college
algebra course. The presenter will feature current
events in the news to stress the importance and
relevance of college algebra and share animations
that target the college algebra curriculum.
Kelly Kohlmetz started teaching developmental
mathematics over 20 years ago. She double majored in
math and Spanish as an undergraduate, went on for a
master’s degree in mathematics. She later decided her
love for mathematics related to the teaching of it
(especially to those who didn’t appreciate it as much as
she did) so I went back for a PhD in Urban Education.
Her dissertation research looked at different strategies
for teaching developmental algebra. She has been
heavily involved in remediation efforts on her campus
over the years. This past year she has been leading the
work to create and implement the new Math Literacy
Pathway for developmental mathematics students who
are not pursing a STEM major.
“An Accelerated Pathway for Non-STEM Students”
Brian Mercer
At state and national levels, pressure and excitement
are building to offer alternative pathways through
developmental math. Attendees will learn about a
Math Literacy course inspired by AMATYC’s New Life
initiative that allows students who place at the
beginning algebra level to reach college level math in
one semester. This accelerated path for non-STEM
students (students needing liberal arts math or
statistics) has also been shown to benefit those
students opting for a STEM path.
“Fully Integrate Study Skills in Your Classroom Using
P.O.W.E.R.”
Sherri Messersmith
How can we truly help students learn the “other” skills
they need to be successful in our classes? Use
P.O.W.E.R. We will discuss how to use the researchbased P.O.W.E.R. framework in the math classroom in
a truly integrated way to teach students study skills as
they are learning mathematics.
“Using Analytics for Success in Health Information
Management Studies”
Beth Shanholtzer
Beth will spend time discussing her new Health
Information Management & Technology title and the
digital resources that accompany this exciting first
edition. Through her use of Connect, she will
demonstrate how student data analytics help to focus
her lecture and pinpoint student strengths and
weaknesses.
2pm CT
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“Building from Investment: Using the Flipped
Classroom Model to Fuel Higher Level Learning”
Dr. Danae Quirk Dorr
Implementation of the “Flipped Classroom”
instructional model coupled with various online
learning resources drove student motivation and
promoted accountability in this allied health chemistry
course. Students were in control of their learning.
Once charged with specific learning goals, students
obtained the requisite knowledge from online
recordings and interactive online activities. Student
engagement was enhanced by employing in-class active
learning strategies. Student learning was regularly
assessed using online homework as well as in-class
through the use of clickers, unit quizzes, and the ACS
standardized GOB exam. Data analysis indicated
learning style dependent and independent correlations
between online assessments and ACS exam scores.
“ALEKS in a Developmental Math Emporium”
Andrea Hendricks
Andrea Hendricks will share how her institution
implemented ALEKS to transform their developmental
math program. Prior to the ALEKS implementation
three years ago, Georgia Perimeter College had two
lecture-based developmental math courses; it now
offers one emporium style developmental math
course.
“Adaptive Teaching to Address Student Needs”
Lisa Rombes
Lisa Rombes will present her model of adaptive
teaching, which uses a college-level workflow,
conceptual learning and teaching, and responsive and
personalized reporting. In the developmental math
classroom, there are wide ranges of knowledge, and
many students need help on only some topics. Using
state-of-the-art reporting from online tools, and a
workflow that models what successful college students
must do, developmental math can cease to be the
stumbling block it currently is for our Community
College students.
3pm CT
“Perception, Visualization, Cognition, and Learning in
Introductory Geoscience Courses”
Dr. Stephen Reynolds
Geosciences
Geoscience is a very visual discipline, with much
geoscience data, interpretations, ideas, and models
being conveyed with maps, photographs, and
illustrations. There has been, however, surprisingly
little research on how students learn from such images.
Cognitive studies indicate that our brain uses two
cognitive processing subsystems, one for words and
another for images, a concept called dual coding. In
dual coding, each subsystem has limited working
memory, and much cognitive effort is required to
reconcile information between the two subsystems.
“Developmental Math in one Pie: Putting It All
together”
Mark Ahrens
“Effective, Engaging, and Easy-to-Use Instruction for
Medical Law and Ethics”
Sue Coleman
Normandale Community College developmental math
students study a large number of topics from PreAlgebra through Intermediate Algebra in a studentdirected style. ALEKS and the student direct the
learning. No Intermediate Objectives, no modules.
This talk with discuss how we structure the classes, the
role of the instructor in the learning process, and how
the administrative hurdles were met.
Sue Coleman will demonstrate how the Judson, Law &
Ethics 7th edition digital resources have enhanced her
Law & Ethics course and allowed her to pinpoint her atrisk students in time to intervene. She will also focus on
showing the easy-to-use assignment building
functionality and how she utilizes Smartbook reporting
tools to pinpoint at-risk students.
Join us to learn more about how this exciting research
provides guidance in better designing curriculum and in
explicitly providing students with better learning
strategies.
“Achievement in Mathematics: A Math Skills Course”
Barbara Lott
Barbara Lott will provide an overview of a program at
Seminole State College of Florida which utilizes
technology designed to aid in student mastery of
mathematical concepts and to elevate mathematical
understanding. Students take control of their own
learning by setting goals, deciding when and how often
to work on their skills, and choosing the concepts they
want to master. This interactive presentation will
include a discussion of best practices for teaching
developmental mathematics.