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PreTeXt & the Future of Textbooks

Rob Beezer’s free, open authoring platform PreTeXt is what enables the fantastic HTML output for Active Calculus and so many other free, open textbooks. As part of my work with the PreTeXt Advocacy Group (Sally Koutsoliotas, Jennifer Nordstrom, Bruce Yoshiwara, … Continue reading

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Metacognition in a calculus prep course

As usual, fall semester flew by. On Monday, August 28, I met with my two classes for the first time, and on that day we did an activity that I recounted in a Facebook post, where I wrote: “I followed … Continue reading

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Project CAPABLE at USNA

Several professors at the US Naval Academy have an ongoing project of developing in-class and out-of-class activities and projects for students.  CAPABLE stands for Calculus Acquisition through Project and Activity Based Learning.  Check them out at https://sites.google.com/site/temporarycapablesite/, including the link … Continue reading

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