Category Archives: Resources
Active Preparation for Calculus
[August 2019 update: I re-named the text “Active Prelude to Calculus” as part of recent summer 2019 editing. I won’t change the title again :-). All else below still applies, with updated links.] Back in May, I wrote of my … Continue reading
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Followup to my EMES seminar
On Tuesday 10/2, I was honored to speak in the MIT Electronic Seminar on Mathematics Education. The recorded video from the seminar is now available to view; my slides are also posted. If you watch/listen to the recording, I apologize … Continue reading
Online versions of Daily Prep Assignments
One of the ancillaries that we offer to support the use of Active Calculus is a collection of “daily preparation assignments”. These assignments are modeled on Robert Talbert’s “guided practice” and provide students a short list of concrete tasks to … Continue reading
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Active Calculus Preview Activities in Desmos
My GVSU colleagues Marcia Frobish and Taylor Short have created Desmos versions of nearly all of the preview activities in Active Calculus (single variable). You can see the full collection here, and each link offers an option to preview what students … Continue reading
Edfinity: a textbook-agnostic, NSF-funded nearly free online homework system
I’ve corresponded over the past couple of years with an education entrepreneur named Shivram about his company Edfinity. They have an interesting project where they are working on an easy-to-use interface for online homework that allows instructors to access open … Continue reading
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Check out sustainabilitymath.org
My friend and graduate school colleague Tom Pfaff of Ithaca College has done a lot of great work on issues related to sustainability. He has a wonderful collection of free resources for instructors at his blog, http://sustainabilitymath.org/. In particular, you can … Continue reading
More Linear Algebra
Many years ago, Gil Strang wrote a wonderful short essay titled “Too Much Calculus.” His thesis: calculus and linear algebra are imbalanced in the curriculum. Even as the author of a calculus text, I totally agree. Our students need more … Continue reading
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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
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
