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Back to school updates for Active Prelude, Active Single, and Active Multi

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Matt Boelkins

Here is my just-in-time post for back to school, Fall 2020 Edition. Overall: The two main things to know about the Active Calculus textbooks (Active Prelude to Calculus (APC), Active Calculus Single Variable (ACS), and Active Calculus Multivariable (ACM)) are … Continue reading →

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Active Calculus Activities in Google Sheets

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Matt Boelkins

Erica Miller of VCU had a brilliant idea:  set up AC activities in Google sheets for remote teaching so that her students can work in breakout groups on a shared document.  Dave Kung learned about this in an MAA-sponsored session … Continue reading →

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Active Calculus 2019 updates

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Matt Boelkins

I’m excited to share several important updates: 1. new landing page at https://activecalculus.org 2. updated versions of Active Calculus (single variable, 2018 edition) in HTML, PDF, and print (with updated activities workbooks [1-4], [5-8], too) 3. updated version of Active Prelude … Continue reading →

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Active Preparation for Calculus

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Matt Boelkins

[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

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Matt Boelkins

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 →

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Online versions of Daily Prep Assignments

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Matt Boelkins

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

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Matt Boelkins

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 →

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Active Calculus 2018 Workbooks – now available in print

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Matt Boelkins

New for 2018, we’ve created bound, print versions of the activities workbooks for Active Calculus.  There’s one for chapters 1-4 (the typical first semester differential calculus material), and another for chapters 5-8 (the typical second semester integral calculus). Each workbook … Continue reading →

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Prelude to Active Calculus – feedback sought

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Matt Boelkins

I’ve been awarded a sabbatical for the fall semester of 2018 to write a new free, open-source textbook for GVSU’s new MTH 124: Functions and Models.  The purpose of this course is to prepare students not-yet-ready for calculus for a … Continue reading →

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2017 version of Active Calculus: more updates + notes on differences from 2016

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Matt Boelkins

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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