Direction Fields
Students struggle with using direction fields to solve a given problem. In the 1st two semesters, lecture was primarily used with handouts and group work being utlized more in the last 3 semesters. Students have continually received a C grade on the direction field exam question and a C/B average on homework questions. In Fall 2014, the handout was modified, and students worked in groups with no guidance from the instructor. Technology as incorporated as well (MATLAB) to graph the direction fields.