Revamping College Math Placement

Getting students placed in the right math class in college is a challenge that plagues all of higher ed. Math is often the obstacle that keeps students from progressing to a degree, especially when they place below the level of...

Students Learning by Teaching

Last semester I required my students to create three lessons on important course content. By asking the students to take on the role of teacher I raised the bar for their level of understanding on those three topics. The quickest...

My Desmos Activities

Below is a collection of all of the Desmos Activities that I have created. I will keep this post updated as I add new activities. Active Calculus Preview Activities 1.1 Average Velocity 1.2 Limits 1.3 Derivative at a Point 1.4...

A Desmos Activity Based Course

I recently created a course based off of Desmos activities. The course provides supplementary once-a-week content to the Introduction to College Math course at Nevada State College. The outline of the course is below. Course Outline Students should bring laptops...