Bannen, Sarah C

Maciejewski, Valerie A

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Presentation for the Symposium on BEER November 2023MSIS-Kondrashov: Redesigning Calculus 1, and theUnexpected Benefits of CollaborationSarah C. Bannen1,*, Valerie A. Maciejewski21Department of Mathematics, Madison Area Technical College, Madison, WI 537042Department of Mathematics, Austin Community College, Austin, TX 78613scbannen@madisoncollege.eduWe redesigned our Calculus 1 course to cover derivatives before limits, to help students appreciate thepurpose of calculus before wrestling with the logical foundations. This required throwing out all previousteaching materials and starting from scratch, which created many unexpected opportunities to incorporatepedagogical best practices and personal authenticity into our lessons. In the end, though we saw increasedstudent mastery (measured by success in the subsequent course) and better student feedback, the benefitsfrom the specific goals of the course redesign were dwarfed by the benefits of the collaboration itself. Weboth found that our stress levels had plunged and our job satisfaction had skyrocketed. Since then, wehave successfully applied the same lens to other courses, and we have worked to foster collaboration acrossour department and beyond, by establishing collaboration teams and spaces, and by engaging with physics,biology, chemistry, and engineering faculty.

MSIS Kondrashov: Redesigning Calculus 1, and the Unexpected Benefits of Collaboration

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MSIS Kondrashov: Redesigning Calculus 1, and the Unexpected Benefits of Collaboration

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