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Description
Active Calculus is different from most existing calculus texts in at least the following ways: the text is free for download by students and instructors in .pdf format; in the electronic format, graphics are in full color and there are live html links to java applets; the text is open source, and interested instructors can gain access to the original source files upon request; the style of the text requires students to be active learners — there are very few worked examples in the text, with there instead being 3-4 activities per section that engage students in connecting ideas, solving problems, and developing understanding of key calculus concepts; each section begins with motivating questions, a brief introduction, and a preview activity, all of which are designed to be read and completed prior to class; the exercises are few in number and challenging in nature.
ISBN
978-0-9898975-3-2
Publication Date
8-2016
Publisher
Grand Valley State University Libraries
City
Allendale, MI
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
Disciplines
Mathematics
Comments
Active Calculus is endorsed by the American Institute of Mathematics and its Open Textbook Initiative: http://aimath.org/textbooks/approved-textbooks/.