Author Archives: Matt Boelkins
Metacognition in a calculus prep course
As usual, fall semester flew by. On Monday, August 28, I met with my two classes for the first time, and on that day we did an activity that I recounted in a Facebook post, where I wrote: “I followed … Continue reading
“Priced at nearly $100 less than the competition”
(I’m overdue to post something meaningful in this space, but today’s email made this post irresistible). Following is clipped from my email, and here’s a direct link to the text: https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/calculus. The tag line is “Priced at nearly $100 less … Continue reading
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Tagged calculus, cost
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Active Calculus 2017 – print copy now via Amazon
In an earlier post, I noted that the 2017 version of Active Calculus – Single Variable was available for purchase via CreateSpace. There were some minor technical issues with getting the text available on Amazon, but those have now been … Continue reading
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Tagged cost, free, online, print-on-demand, self-publishing, textbooks
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Active Calculus 2017 – print copy available
The bound, print copy of Active Calculus 2017 is available from CreateSpace for $19.50. As soon as the Amazon site page for the book is built, I will post the URL for it, too.
2017 version of Active Calculus: more updates + notes on differences from 2016
Here are several updates to follow my most recent post. + The 2017 PDF version has been finalized and posted online; the HTML has been slightly updated as a result of work to get the PDF looking suitable. If you … Continue reading
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Tagged activities, calculus, free, online, print-on-demand
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2017 version of Active Calculus (single variable)
I’m excited to announce several changes to single variable Active Calculus along with some corresponding updates that will occur over the next month or so. + There is now a new HTML version of the text. Thanks to Rob Beezer’s … Continue reading
Active Calculus: usage statistics
One of the superb librarians at GVSU who manages the site that hosts AC sent me access to a dashboard that reveals a lot of interesting user data. For example, after GVSU, the 10 locations/institutions that have downloaded AC most … Continue reading
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Active Calculus: Preview Activities in WeBWorK
David Hunter of Westmont College and Branden Stone of Adelphi University have been working on WeBWorK versions of all of the Preview Activities. David recently emailed me to share that these are now all available in the national problem library: Also, … Continue reading
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Active Calculus (Single Variable): 2016 Edition now available
It’s August (and Mathfest!), so time for an annual update to AC. I have fixed every known error in the 2015 version and have implemented nearly all of the requests/suggestions that users sent me over the past year. The new version … Continue reading
A new free mathematics journal
Interesting read here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinknudson/2016/04/30/the-future-of-mathematics-publishing-an-interview-with-sir-timothy-gowers/#5d41b5a52467 I’m mainly posting this so I have a record of it, but there’s lots of similarity between what Gowers says about his journal and what we say about free textbooks.
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