PROCEEDINGS OF THE 21ST ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2018
San Diego, California
The STEM Service Courses Initiative of Project PROMESAS: Pathways with Regional Outreach and Mathematics Excellence for Student Achievement in STEM
Page: 1595
In this poster, we present preliminary results of how Project PROMESAS’ STEM Service Courses (SSC) initiative assists collegiate instructors (n = 14) in transforming their teaching of Calculus I. These instructors participated in a one-week summer institute focused on integrating student-centered activities via rich tasks and promoting a sense of community in the classroom. During the fall 2017 semester, they adopted and adapted ideas from the summer institute and participated in monthly day-long follow-up meetings. The monthly meetings were an opportunity to continue learning about student-centered activities and to share newly created teaching materials. As part of the evaluation of this project, the instructors journaled during the summer institute and each month during the fall. These journal entries serve as our data: it suggests that although our instructors struggle balancing student-centered activities with teaching the required content, they are committed to transforming their teaching.