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Title: Active Learning Taking Root -- A Progress Update
Language: English
Authors: David Freund (ORCID 0000-0002-0095-4360), Tara Holm (ORCID 0009-0001-5467-9958), Marie MacDonald (ORCID 0000-0002-5399-0066), Tim Riley (ORCID 0009-0004-3699-0322)
Source: PRIMUS. 2025 35(4-5):423-443.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 21
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Calculus, Introductory Courses, Mathematics Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Research Universities, Educational Improvement, Barriers, Educational Change, College Mathematics, College Faculty, Departments, COVID-19, Pandemics, Grants, Inquiry, Sustainability, Program Effectiveness
Geographic Terms: New York
DOI: 10.1080/10511970.2024.2353386
ISSN: 1051-1970
1935-4053
Abstract: In 2017, Cornell University's Mathematics Department embarked on a project to make active learning the standard teaching method in single-variable calculus teaching, as described in a 2020 PRIMUS article by Bennoun and Holm [Establishing consistent active learning in a calculus I course. "PRIMUS." 31(3-5): 565-577]. Here we report on the progress of that initiative, the wider teaching reforms it generated, and the challenges we encountered.
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