Our Experience in a Fully “Flipped” Developmental Math Course

or two consecutive semesters we implemented a “flipped classroom” design in a developmental mathematics classroom. Our interest in implementing an alternative instructional method was born out of frustration with the fact that the students we have been teaching in this course needed to gain a better un- derstanding of mathematics than what our traditional instruc- tional methods seemed to be offering them. The developmental mathematics course is a beginning algebra course covering topics such as systems of equations, quadratic equations and graphing quadratic functions, co-taught by the two of us. Our approach included two different methods of in- struction: we used on-line video materials to deliver the basic content of the course and then group work in the classroom where students worked on application and extension problems

Supplemental Online Learning Tools (SOLTs) to Support Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Introductory Statistics Courses

Research in most Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines uses statistical methods. Thus as students develop into research scientists, introductory statistics serves as a gateway course. If students struggle to incorporate statistics into their knowledge base, they may be effectively kept from careers that rely on statistics. DHH students learn differently and thus may lag behind their hearing counterparts in mainstream classrooms. In part, a gap in language knowledge can impede the understanding of statistics topics. What is a variable? What does it mean to have a distribution? With sign language interpreters and other support services, many mainstream instructors believe that DHH students have equal access to learning in their classrooms. Yet variations of instructional skill, interpreter knowledge of the discipline, and the lack of alternative representations of content often result in access that falls short of equal . This paper describes the work of a team of faculty and student researchers seeking best practices for creating supplemental online learning tools. Starting from a list of prioritized challenging topics in statistics, the team developed a number of strategies and produced a pilot set of instructional videos. Formative feedback led to revised videos, which provided a significant gain in knowledge for DHH students when shown in an experimental setting

Math Videos Captioned and Signed in ASL: System of Two Equations Word Problems #2

This is the second video on word problems in the series of lessons on math provided by DeafTEC. Gary Blatto-Vallee, a math and science instructor at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, guides viewers through a variety of mathematical exercises in this DeafTEC video series. All lessons are fully captioned, signed in ASL, and voiced. In this 18:41 video, Blatto-Vallee uses an electronic whiteboard to show several examples of how to solve word problems involving a system of two equations. See the main Math Video Resources page for an introduction to this video series

Word Problems

This is the last topic in the series of lessons on math provided by DeafTEC. Gary Blatto-Vallee, a math and science instructor at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, guides viewers through a variety of mathematical exercises in this DeafTEC video series. All lessons are fully captioned, signed in ASL, and voiced. In this section, three videos are included that show students how to solve word problems of systems of two equations. This section builds on everything students have learned in the previous videos about working with polynomials and exponents as well as methods for solving systems of two equations. See the main Math Video Resources page for an introduction to this video series

System of Two Equations: Word Problems

This collection of videos is part of a series of lessons on math provided by DeafTEC. Gary Blatto-Vallee, a math and science instructor at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, guides viewers through a variety of mathematical exercises in this DeafTEC video series. All lessons are fully captioned, signed in ASL, and voiced. This collection includes the following three videos: System of 2 Equations word problems #1, System of 2 Equations word problems #1, and System of 2 Equations word problems #1