Hood College Test Site Experience An Overview Kimber Tysdal

Hood College at a glance Private liberal arts college in Frederick, MD Private liberal arts college in Frederick, MD Current enrollment 1200 undergraduates and 1000 graduate students Current enrollment 1200 undergraduates and 1000 graduate students Historically a women’s college, but admitted men as commuters in the 1970s Historically a women’s college, but admitted men as commuters in the 1970s Currently fully coeducational Currently fully coeducational Significant commuter population Significant commuter population

Hood’s Math Department One full professor: Betty Mayfield One full professor: Betty Mayfield Three assistant professors: Kimber Tysdal, Ann Stewart, Judy Seymour (part time) Three assistant professors: Kimber Tysdal, Ann Stewart, Judy Seymour (part time) Visiting assistant professor: Martha Meadows Visiting assistant professor: Martha Meadows Several adjuncts! Several adjuncts!

Project CALC at Hood Hood has been teaching with Project CALC materials since sometime in the 1990’s Hood has been teaching with Project CALC materials since sometime in the 1990’s Until Fall 2006, this meant using the 1 st edition of Calculus: Modeling and Application Until Fall 2006, this meant using the 1 st edition of Calculus: Modeling and Application In Fall 2006, we switched our Calculus I classes to the 2 nd (online) edition; Calculus II followed in Spring 2007 In Fall 2006, we switched our Calculus I classes to the 2 nd (online) edition; Calculus II followed in Spring 2007

Testing Calculus I Fall 2006: three sections of Calculus I Two instructors Two instructors Four TAs Four TAs Seventy students Seventy students Spring 2007: one section of Calculus I One instructor One instructor One TA One TA Twenty students Twenty students

Testing Calculus II Spring 2007: two sections of Calculus II Two instructors Two instructors Five TAs Five TAs Forty-five students Forty-five students

Challenges Getting students to accept an online text Getting students to accept an online text Learning how to use the text in class Learning how to use the text in class Convincing students to read the text Convincing students to read the text Editing while teaching Editing while teaching Developing new versions of labs and projects Developing new versions of labs and projects

Benefits Direct links to technology Direct links to technology Links to outside information Links to outside information Answers to checkpoints and activities are “hidden” Answers to checkpoints and activities are “hidden” A chance to impact the current edition of the text now A chance to impact the current edition of the text now

Hood will continue to use the online text in Tomorrow I’ll talk specifically about what it’s like to teach with these materials