Tag Archives: calculus
Alternate ending: draft of a new Chapter 8
I’ve written a rough draft of a very different version of Chapter 8 for Active Calculus (single variable), and I am interested in feedback from users. TL;DR version: I have come to think that the Taylor series representations of the … Continue reading
Short user survey – Active Calculus (single variable)
Regarding the single variable text, I’m trying to gain some information about adoption, how the text is used, and what additional features are desirable. If you use the text in your teaching, I’d greatly appreciate you taking 5 minutes to … Continue reading
How to Use Active Calculus
I added new sections to the preface of Active Calculus this year, including “Students! Read This!” and “Instructors: Read This!” My main goal in writing these was to help better ensure that users of the text are aware of some … Continue reading
Posted in learning, precalculus, Resources
Tagged calculus, resources, students, technology
Comments Off on How to Use Active Calculus
Active Calculus 2019 updates
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
Posted in precalculus, Publicity, Publishing, Resources, Teaching, updates
Tagged activities, calculus, free, open source, print-on-demand, technology
Comments Off on Active Calculus 2019 updates
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
Posted in learning, Resources
Tagged activities, calculus, online, resources, technology
Comments Off on Online versions of Daily Prep Assignments
Active Calculus 2018 – new edition
I’m excited to share several updates to Active Calculus: 1. New 2018 edition of Active Calculus – single variable The 2018 HTML version is now live at https://activecalculus.org/single/. The PDF will be posted in the near future on a new page … Continue reading
Posted in Editing, Publicity, Publishing
Tagged calculus, free, online, open source, text
Comments Off on Active Calculus 2018 – new edition
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
A new home for Active Calculus: https://activecalculus.org
I’m pleased to announce that the HTML version of Active Calculus will now be found at https://activecalculus.org/single/. At https://activecalculus.org/ you’ll find a landing page that includes an overview of features of the text, links to the various versions of the text, … Continue reading
Posted in General, Publicity, Publishing
Tagged calculus, free, online, open source, text, WeBWorK
Comments Off on A new home for Active Calculus: https://activecalculus.org
“Priced at nearly $100 less than the competition”
(I’m overdue to post something meaningful in this space, but today’s email made this post irresistible). Following is clipped from my email, and here’s a direct link to the text: https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/calculus. The tag line is “Priced at nearly $100 less … Continue reading
Posted in General, Publishing
Tagged calculus, cost
Comments Off on “Priced at nearly $100 less than the competition”
