Author Archives: Matt Boelkins
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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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
AC3 is almost here
The multivariable edition of Active Calculus, to which I alluded in an earlier post, is almost ready to be shared publicly. Steve Schlicker, David Austin, and I have been hard at work for much of the summer, and are pleased … Continue reading
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Active Calculus – download page update
I realized today that somehow an older version of my download page had gotten migrated to my website (I think this happened when I did some other updates two weeks ago), so if you have downloaded the text in the … Continue reading
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Active Calculus: things in the works this summer
Having survived both the Michigan winter and the Grand Valley winter semester, I’m excited to get working more regularly on some items related to Active Calculus. Here’s an overview of my summer projects, two of which serve as a call for … Continue reading
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Additional resources for Active Calculus
I’m excited to announce some recent or ongoing developments related to Active Calculus. Robert Talbert and Steve Schlicker at GVSU are embarking on a set of supporting videos for chapters 5-8 of the text. You can see the emerging list … Continue reading
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T v IE: traditional versus interactive engagement
In my last post, I noted that I’ve been doing some interesting reading about the history of calculus instruction and some recent developments. Earlier today, I gave a talk that summarized much of that reading at the Kansas City Math … Continue reading
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Looking back to 1987
About 6 months ago, I got invited to give one of two plenary addresses at the upcoming 2014 Kansas City Math Expo, which will occur in three short weeks. My Saturday talk at the conference is titled “Calculus 2020: A vision for … Continue reading
Your (my!) annual vent about textbook costs
College students everywhere are heading to their campus bookstores’ websites to see what their textbooks are going to set them back. Here are three anecdotes that have gotten me rankled just within the last week or so. – One of … Continue reading
