Electronic Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Boston, Massachusetts, February 15-18, 2007

Paper C035

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Edited by Joanne Foster, ISBN 0-321-55846-4, Copyright (C) 2008 by Pearson Education, Inc.

Using Classroom Voting in Mathematics Courses

Kelly Cline

Carroll College
Helena, MT 59625
USA
kcline@carroll.edu

Holly Zullo

Carroll College
Helena, MT 59625
USA
hzullo@carroll.edu

Mark Parker

Carroll College
Helena, MT 59625
USA
mparker@carroll.edu

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ABSTRACT

Classroom voting engages students by requiring them to consider a multiple choice or true/false question, form an opinion, and participate by electronically registering their vote. We introduce this method of teaching, give some background on its use, and demonstrate classroom voting for calculus, multivariable calculus, and differential equations.

Keyword(s): pedagogy, calculus, multivariable calculus, differential equations