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Active Calculus is not like the NSA
So there’s a new brand of e-book out there, and it has an NSA-like flavor: an e-reader that tracks what students have read. From a recent NYT article, “They know when students are skipping pages, failing to highlight significant passages, … Continue reading
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Using Geogebra in Calculus
Last week Thursday I gave a colloquium talk at a local college on some of my favorite results in the area of mathematics known as “the geometry of polynomials.” During the talk, I used a couple of demonstrations built in … 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
Textbook Inflation
A recent US News and World Report article focuses on the high rate at which textbook costs have been rising and explains how the costs are divided among bookstores and textbook companies. While overall inflation is currently low, not so … Continue reading
