Author Archives: Matt Boelkins
Where have we come from and where are we going?
While on sabbatical during the winter semester of 2012, I began drafting a free, open-source calculus text. I undertook the project in part because I felt like there wasn’t an activity-driven text available, as well as because I don’t think … Continue reading
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Project CAPABLE at USNA
Several professors at the US Naval Academy have an ongoing project of developing in-class and out-of-class activities and projects for students. CAPABLE stands for Calculus Acquisition through Project and Activity Based Learning. Check them out at https://sites.google.com/site/temporarycapablesite/, including the link … Continue reading
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Talk at Mathfest: “Toward a Freer Calculus”
I am speaking at Mathfest in Madison, WI, this Friday, August 3, at 1:45 in Meeting Room Q, as part of the contributed paper session on Teaching or Learning Calculus.
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Sample Chapter of Active Calculus
In preparation for having some people pilot the text for differential calculus this fall, I am in the process of some final editing before posting the first four chapters of the text. For now, you can find chapter 1 (along … Continue reading
Geogebra and Marc Renault’s calculus applets
One of my favorite programs is Geogebra. I discovered it years ago when one of my students was submitting superior graphics in a geometry class in typeset work; I asked her what software she was using and how she found … Continue reading
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Project MOSAIC and M-casts
Last week I had the privilege of dropping in on part of the MAA PREP Workshop at Calvin College that was led by Randy Pruim (Calvin), Nick Horton (Smith), Eric Marland (Appalachian State), and Danny Kaplan (Macalester) that was connected … Continue reading
Welcome
It’s a long story to get to here. Perhaps in some subsequent posts I’ll fill in the backstory; but for now, here’s where I am. From January through April 2012 I was on sabbatical from my regular post as a … Continue reading
