PROCEEDINGS OF THE 16TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION (Vol 2)
2013
Denver, Colorado
Characteristics of Successful Programs in College Calculus: Pilot Case Study
Page: 2-566
The CSPCC (Characteristics of Successful Programs in College Calculus) project is a large empirical study investigating mainstream Calculus 1 to identify the factors that contribute to success, to understand how these factors are leveraged within highly successful programs. Phase 1 of CSPCC entailed large-scale surveys of a stratified random sample of college Calculus 1 classes across the United States. Phase 2 involves explanatory case study research into programs that are successful in leveraging the factors identified in Phase 1. Here we report preliminary findings from a pilot case study that was conducted at a private liberal arts university. We briefly describe the battery of interviews conducted at the pilot site and discuss some of the themes that have emerged from our initial analyses of the interview data.