Author Archives: Matt Boelkins
New Year Updates to AC
Happy New Year everyone. Here are a couple of brief updates if you are planning to use Active Calculus in the upcoming winter semester. Thanks to everyone who sent us errors they found in the text, as well as other … Continue reading
Professor disciplined for not using a for-profit text, written by his department chair
This post on the Chronicle’s site basically speaks for itself: a text, written by the dept chair, was used for 25 years and had “never been questioned“. When a faculty member tried to do otherwise, he was disciplined. All I can … Continue reading
A MOOC on Real-World Calculus
One of the organizers of this MOOC just reached out to me and asked that I share information about this free online course: see the interesting trailer at https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/real-world-calculus. I love that there are people willing to share more about the … Continue reading
“But you feel dirty …” – why HS kids have to buy TI Calculators
In the same way that publishers take advantage of students’ captivity when it comes to needing textbooks, Texas Instruments does the same. Here’s a fantastic article on the subject that quotes a PA HS teacher who says “But you feel … Continue reading
Active Calculus – errata pages
An overdue addition for Active Calculus (single) and the addition to AC Multivariable that prompted it: errata pages for both. You can find a list of currently identified errors in each text at these links: single variable, multivariable. Of course, … Continue reading
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Tagged calculus, multivariable calculus
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From my Amazon feed: Stewart’s Calculus for $272.52
In recent recommendations from Amazon, based on my prior reading and buying, I got an email suggesting that I buy James Stewart’s Calculus text. Heh. The 7th edition, no less: http://amzn.to/1Ly4mWi. At least you can rent it for $50 for the … Continue reading
Screencasts for Active Calculus
In a recent post, I highlighted several different resources available to go along with Active Calculus. I realized yesterday that I omitted a key one, one for which there have been recent additions. The Math 201 playlist on the GVSU … Continue reading
Resources to complement Active Calculus
I’ve recently had interactions with several different faculty who have been working on materials to support those of us who teach from Active Calculus. This post is a summary of some different things that are (freely) available to users: Clicker … Continue reading
Active Calculus: Single Variable, 2015 Version now available
This summer, in addition to working with Steve and David on AC3, I went through the original single-variable version and implemented changes to correct typos, clarify questions, and more in response to over 100 suggestions I received from users. To … Continue reading
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Tagged calculus, free, online, open source, print-on-demand, resources, textbooks
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Active Calculus – Multivariable: initial public offering
Steve, David, and I are pleased to announce that a first public version of Active Calculus – Multivariable is now available for download. You can find the file directly at http://gvsu.edu/s/Wb, or from the general Active Calculus site. If you are … Continue reading
