Tag Archives: calculus
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
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
Carroll College: Clicker Questions and Chapter Zero for Active Calculus
One of the most enjoyable aspects of this free and open textbook project has been all of the new friends I’ve made in the mathematics community. I just got to see several of them in Portland at Mathfest, including Eric … Continue reading
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Updated version: Active Calculus 2014
Recently I shared news that I’ve been working on a print-on-demand version of the text. Lon Miller of Orthogonal Publishing and I are in the final stages of that project, and expect by the end of the week of August 11 … Continue reading
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Coming soon: print-on-demand and AC3
Two updates for the near and not-so-near future: – This summer, I’m working to establish a print-on-demand option for bound copies; I expect this to be available no later than early August, and will post here about the option once … Continue reading
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Active Calculus v.12.30.13 – updates
This fall I was glad to have a much larger number of beta testers using Active Calculus; about 10 of my GVSU colleagues used it for either our calculus I or calculus II, and at least that many other people … Continue reading
