New Pedagogical Models for Instruction in Mathematics

We describe a model of instruction in mathematics which combines the traditional university lecture with computer aided delivery of homework and testing. While this model of emporium instruction was developed at Virginia Tech to cope with the burden of increased class sizes and increasing demands on faculty time, it has, in fact, proved to be an effective pedagogical method with clear advantages over the traditional lecture style instruction, both for the student and for the faculty member. This model is immediately applicable to lower level academic courses in many other disciplines. We will illustrate this model with examples from first year calculus.