WEBINAR 1: A Showcase of STEM Calculus with Corequisite Support Across Three Colleges
Date: Friday, September 6, 2024, from 2-3:30 (Pacific)
Description: Join us for a 3-college showcase of corequisite models for STEM Calculus. Presenters will give us a window into a typical class day, answer your questions, and provide resources describing their college’s approach to supporting calculus students post-AB 1705.
Presenters:
Chaffey College: Professor Doug Yegge
Mount San Antonio College: Professors Lisa Morales and Paula Young
San Diego Mesa College: Professor Kelly Spoon
Resources: Resource folder (Hand-outs describing Calc + Co models at Chaffey, Mt. SAC, SD Mesa)
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WEBINAR 2: Grading for Growth in STEM Calculus
Date: Friday, September 13, 2024, from 2-3:30 (Pacific)
Description: Math faculty from Hartnell College and CSU Monterey Bay will share their experiences with standards-based grading (SBG) in STEM Calculus. Across instructors, students experienced a mastery-based approach to learning and many opportunities for reassessment. Success rates improved across racial/ethnic groups. Come learn more about SBG as a promising grading strategy for achieving more accurate and less biased grading, ensuring course rigor, and supporting students to succeed in calculus.
Presenters:
Hartnell College: Leticia Contreras, Jennifer Moorhouse, Senorina Vazquez
CSU Monterey Bay: Alison Lynch
Resources: Resource folder (includes samples of Calc 1 standards, syllabi, Canvas shells, assessments, and more!)
Online Course Hartnell: Math 150 Calc 1 SBG Canvas Shell
Online Course CSUMB: SBG Active Calc Mat 3A Canvas Shell
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WEBINAR 3: The Nuts and Bolts of Standards Based Grading in STEM Calculus
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024, from 2-3:00 (Pacific)
Description: Why get started with standards based in Calculus 1? Join us for an experienced perspective on standards based grading in Calculus 1 and 2 with Roger Yang, Professor of Mathematics at Pasadena City College. Professor Yang will share his approach and lessons learned from multiple years of implementing this alternative approach to grading and assessment in a STEM calculus.
Presenter: Pasadena City College, Professor Roger Yang
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WEBINAR 4: Getting Started with A New Approach to Grading in Supported STEM Calculus
Date: Friday, September 27, 2024, from 2-3:00 (Pacific)
Description: Does your grading scheme value WHEN a student learns something instead of IF they do? Want to shift your grading practice but feel overwhelmed? Professor Kelly Spoon will give concrete tips and strategies for shifting your grading practice to value learning and growth in an open access supported STEM Calculus course.
Presenter: San Diego Mesa College, Professor Kelly Spoon
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WEBINAR 5: Teach Me Videos: An Innovative Assessment Strategy for STEM Math
Date: Friday, October 4, 2024, from 2-3:30 (Pacific)
Description: We have all heard the adage: the best way to learn is to teach. In a Teach Me Video, students do the teaching, with support and/or feedback from their peers and professor. Join us for a showcase and discussion of Teach Me Videos in STEM math courses at Sac City College and Sierra College. Professors use this innovative assessment strategy to humanize the STEM math experience, improve student’s self-efficacy in advanced math, and deepen learning.
Presenters:
Sacramento City College: Andreas Bazos
Sierra College: Pitt Turner and Mary Beth Pattengale
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FREE IN-PERSON EVENT: Grading and Assessment in STEM Calculus Post-AB 1705
Date: January 31, 2025 from 8:30-3:30
Location: Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA.
Description: This Community of Practice will focus on grading and assessment in STEM Calculus in the post AB 1705 environment. Work with your colleagues to rethink your grading practices to be transparent, equitable and learning-centered. Get ideas for new assessment strategies that support and motivate students to persist and succeed.
We invite community college math instructors with a growth mindset toward teaching and learning to register for this Community of Practice. This event has limited space. We will contact registrants prior to the event to confirm attendance and open spots for others to attend. College teams are encouraged but limited to a maximum of four faculty; each team member must register.
Registration is closed for this event.