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MIT Electronic Seminar on Mathematics Education – how I structure my calculus classes for active learning
I’m excited to share that I’ve been invited to be one of the speakers in the excellent MIT EMES seminar. My presentation on Tuesday, 10/2/18, at noon EST will be a practice-focused discussion centered on how I structure my calculus … 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
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
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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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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
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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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Active Calculus 2017 – print copy now via Amazon
In an earlier post, I noted that the 2017 version of Active Calculus – Single Variable was available for purchase via CreateSpace. There were some minor technical issues with getting the text available on Amazon, but those have now been … Continue reading
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2017 version of Active Calculus: more updates + notes on differences from 2016
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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Last day at AIM: meet some of my new friends
One of the very best parts of the workshop this week has been the time I’ve gotten to spend with the people here, some of whom I had followed online or traded email with, but never met in person. Others … Continue reading