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Active Calculus Activities in Google Sheets

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Matt Boelkins

Erica Miller of VCU had a brilliant idea:  set up AC activities in Google sheets for remote teaching so that her students can work in breakout groups on a shared document.  Dave Kung learned about this in an MAA-sponsored session … Continue reading →

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How to Use Active Calculus

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Matt Boelkins

I added new sections to the preface of Active Calculus this year, including “Students! Read This!” and “Instructors: Read This!”  My main goal in writing these was to help better ensure that users of the text are aware of some … Continue reading →

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Prelude to Active Calculus – feedback sought

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Matt Boelkins

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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Metacognition in a calculus prep course

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Matt Boelkins

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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How my calculus class looks this fall (part 2 of 3)

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Matt Boelkins

In an earlier post, I thought to make my teaching more public, and then subsequently shared some reflections on how my calculus I course looks overall.  In this post I’ll give an overview of how a typical week is structured, … Continue reading →

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How my calculus class looks this fall (part 1 of 3)

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Matt Boelkins

[update: I moved some Dropbox files around and the original links were broken.  I updated these on 8.11.14.] Well, it looks full.  31 students, 1 over the cap of 30, filling essentially all the seats in our regular classroom, and … Continue reading →

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