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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">You can count me in, Todd.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">____________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dywayne Nicely, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Interim Associate Dean & <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Associate Professor of Mathematics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Mathregionals <mathregionals-bounces@listserv.ohio.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Eisworth, Todd<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 09, 2019 2:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'math-faculty@listserv.ohio.edu' <math-faculty@listserv.ohio.edu>; 'math-group2@listserv.ohio.edu' <math-group2@listserv.ohio.edu>; Mathregionals@listserv.ohio.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Mathregionals] Summer Reading(?)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m writing this email in my role as a faculty member, and not as department chair.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Over Winter Break 17-18, I read through several books with the goal of re-tooling my Calc II course in Spring 18. It worked really well, and I ended up implementing some things in my Calc I section in Fall 18. I’m teaching Calc I again
next Fall, and I wanted to go through and look at things again this Summer now that I’ve had some experience with what works well and what doesn’t.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m wondering how much interest there would be in having an “on-line” reading group this summer, organized through Blackboard, and reading through the book Small Teaching by James Lang: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Small-Teaching-Everyday-Lessons-Learning/dp/1118944496">https://www.amazon.com/Small-Teaching-Everyday-Lessons-Learning/dp/1118944496</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I found the book very helpful, and it’s the one I’m really wanting to re-read.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What I am particularly interested in is brainstorming with others on the recommendations in the book, in particular addressing the questions of how one might implement things in a college mathematics classroom. I have ideas, of course,
but I’m just one person. It needn’t just be for Calculus. I’m interested in what this looks like in all sorts of mathematical settings.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let me know if this sounds interesting to you, and I can try to put something together. It should only be a small time commitment, as the book is not too long and I found it easy (and enjoyable) to read.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I had a very positive experience in my Calc II course (students clearly did better), but Calc I has a lot more challenges built into it. I’d love to make progress on addressing some of these in my Fall course.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This would be an experiment, but I’d love to give it a try.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Todd<o:p></o:p></p>
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