Electronic Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics



CONTRIBUTED PAPER: 12-C6

Designing a Precalculus Course with Optional Web Based Activities, Preliminary Report


Margo Alexander, Jean Bevis, and Draga Vidakovic
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Georgia State University
University Plaza
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404) 651-0680
E-mail: malexander@cs.gsu.edu, jbevis@cs.gsu.edu, dvidakovic@cs.gsu.edu

ABSTRACT

In the precalculus course that is discussed, students have the option of accessing interactive web based materials in lieu of attending lectures. They also have the option of taking daily quizzes in class on over the web. Strategies used to develop the initial materials, as well as some observations concerning the group worked associated with the daily quizzes are discussed.