Category Archives: Teaching

Additional resources for Active Calculus

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Matt Boelkins

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

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Matt Boelkins

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

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Matt Boelkins

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 →

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How my calculus class looks this fall (part 2 of 3)

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Matt Boelkins

In an earlier post, I thought to make my teaching more public, and then subsequently shared some reflections on how my calculus I course looks overall.  In this post I’ll give an overview of how a typical week is structured, … Continue reading →

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How my calculus class looks this fall (part 1 of 3)

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Matt Boelkins

[update: I moved some Dropbox files around and the original links were broken.  I updated these on 8.11.14.] Well, it looks full.  31 students, 1 over the cap of 30, filling essentially all the seats in our regular classroom, and … Continue reading →

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Making my teaching more public

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Matt Boelkins

I’ve made a promise to blog regularly this fall on my experiences in teaching calculus I at GVSU using Active Calculus.  Before starting that endeavor, here are a few overall thoughts. Teaching is an oddly private endeavor.  While it is … Continue reading →

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