Active Calculus - Multivariable

Active Calculus - Multivariable

This book actively engages students in learning the subject through an activity-driven approach in which the vast majority of the examples are completed by students.

Tag(s): Calculus

Publication date: 02 Jan 2016

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Paperback: 276 pages

Views: 9,427

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Publisher: Orthogonal Publishing L3C

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported

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Active Calculus - Multivariable

Active Calculus - Multivariable This book actively engages students in learning the subject through an activity-driven approach in which the vast majority of the examples are completed by students.
Tag(s): Calculus
Publication date: 02 Jan 2016
ISBN-10: n/a
ISBN-13: n/a
Paperback: 276 pages
Views: 9,427
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Publisher: Orthogonal Publishing L3C
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
Post time: 19 May 2016 06:00:00
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From the Preface:
Matthew Boelkins wrote:In Active Calculus - Multivariable, we endeavor to actively engage students in learning the subject through an activity-driven approach in which the vast majority of the examples are completed by students. Where many texts present a general theory of calculus followed by substantial collections of worked examples, we instead pose problems or situations, consider possibilities, and then ask students to investigate and explore. Following key activities or examples, the presentation normally includes some overall perspective and a brief synopsis of general trends or properties, followed by formal statements of rules or theorems. While we often offer plausibility arguments for such results, rarely do we include formal proofs. It is not the intent of this text for the instructor or author to demonstrate to students that the ideas of calculus are coherent and true, but rather for students to encounter these ideas in a supportive, leading manner that enables them to begin to understand for themselves why calculus is both coherent and true. 




About The Author(s)


David Austin is Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at Grand Valley State University.

David Austin

David Austin is Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at Grand Valley State University.


Matthew Boelkins is Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at Grand Valley State University. Boelkins and mathematics faculty David Austin and Steve Schlicker were co-authors of the textbook that encourages faculty to use active learning pedagogy in first- and second-semester calculus courses. The book is endorsed by the American Institute of Mathematics' Open Textbook Initiative.

Matthew Boelkins

Matthew Boelkins is Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at Grand Valley State University. Boelkins and mathematics faculty David Austin and Steve Schlicker were co-authors of the textbook that encourages faculty to use active learning pedagogy in first- and second-semester calculus courses. The book is endorsed by the American Institute of Mathematics' Open Textbook Initiative.


Steve Schlicker is Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at Grand Valley State University.

 

Steven Schlicker

Steve Schlicker is Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics at Grand Valley State University.

 


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