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Colleges Can Make Calculus a Gateway — Not a Gatekeeper — to STEM Fields

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As highlighted in our report—published by Just Equations and the California Education Learning Lab—forward-thinking math departments across the country are implementing promising instructional approaches to make calculus classes more engaging and effective for students from various backgrounds.

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Starting with Philosophy: Examining Teaching Philosophy as a Starting Point for Improvement

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Yes, ChatGPT could write it and it might look a little like this: My philosophy of teaching is centered on the belief that all students have the potential to learn and succeed. To tap into this potential, I adopt student-centered approaches that prioritize student voice, choice, and agency in the learning process.

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Starting with Philosophy: Examining Teaching Philosophy as a Starting Point for Improvement

Faculty Focus

Yes, ChatGPT could write it and it might look a little like this: My philosophy of teaching is centered on the belief that all students have the potential to learn and succeed. To tap into this potential, I adopt student-centered approaches that prioritize student voice, choice, and agency in the learning process.

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

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ii] Contrary to common belief, neurodiverse students represent a significant proportion of the higher education population. of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability. Learning spaces I. In-person: There are two approaches to accessibility in academia—accommodations and universal design.

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

Faculty Focus

ii] Contrary to common belief, neurodiverse students represent a significant proportion of the higher education population. of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability. Learning spaces I. In-person: There are two approaches to accessibility in academia—accommodations and universal design.

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Designing College Curricula for Student Success

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It is important that situational factors be identified as a key component to make planning decisions since retrofitting ones instructional design, delivery or assessment only after one finds out who is being instructed, are not effective use of faculty time, effort or university resources (Schreiner, Rothernberger and Scoltz, 2013).

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Designing College Curricula for Student Success

Faculty Focus

It is important that situational factors be identified as a key component to make planning decisions since retrofitting ones instructional design, delivery or assessment only after one finds out who is being instructed, are not effective use of faculty time, effort or university resources (Schreiner, Rothernberger and Scoltz, 2013).