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One year later
A year ago at this time, I was about to embark on my sabbatical. I had drafted a couple of brief sections of what would become Active Calculus, but had almost nothing of substance written. By May, I had a … Continue reading
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Reflections at 1/3-term
Each of the past several weeks has started with “write new post” high on my to-do list. With 90 students in 3 classes, working on new sections for the second semester of Active Calculus, and the usual laundry list of … Continue reading
Existing Free (or Very Low Cost) Calculus Texts
One of the overwhelming things about the Internet (to me, at least) is just trying to keep track of what’s out there. With this post, I invite readers to contribute to a list of free (and where fitting, open) calculus … Continue reading
The cost of calculus texts
As fall semester begins and students return to campus, I can’t help but reflect on the cost of textbooks, and challenge myself to think about how this affects my students and me. Data from the Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences … Continue reading
Initial Public Offering: Differential Calculus
[Update in January 2013: in addition to an updated version of the differential portion of the text, I’m pleased to publicly share four additional chapters for integral calculus. See the download page at my GVSU site and/or this post here … 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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Project MOSAIC and M-casts
Last week I had the privilege of dropping in on part of the MAA PREP Workshop at Calvin College that was led by Randy Pruim (Calvin), Nick Horton (Smith), Eric Marland (Appalachian State), and Danny Kaplan (Macalester) that was connected … Continue reading
