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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
Prelude to Active Calculus – feedback sought
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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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
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
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
More from AIM: developments in free & open math texts
So much to share, so just going to go with a bulleted list for now. Hope to flesh out more over the coming months. The American Institute of Mathematics is a cool place and they have an excellent organizational scheme. … Continue reading
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Tagged online, open source, resources, technology, textbooks
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“But you feel dirty …” – why HS kids have to buy TI Calculators
In the same way that publishers take advantage of students’ captivity when it comes to needing textbooks, Texas Instruments does the same. Here’s a fantastic article on the subject that quotes a PA HS teacher who says “But you feel … Continue reading
Screencasts for Active Calculus
In a recent post, I highlighted several different resources available to go along with Active Calculus. I realized yesterday that I omitted a key one, one for which there have been recent additions. The Math 201 playlist on the GVSU … Continue reading
Resources to complement Active Calculus
I’ve recently had interactions with several different faculty who have been working on materials to support those of us who teach from Active Calculus. This post is a summary of some different things that are (freely) available to users: Clicker … Continue reading
Active Calculus: Single Variable, 2015 Version now available
This summer, in addition to working with Steve and David on AC3, I went through the original single-variable version and implemented changes to correct typos, clarify questions, and more in response to over 100 suggestions I received from users. To … Continue reading
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