Active Calculus 2.0
by Matt Boelkins - Author / David Austin - Author / Steve Schlicker
Active Calculus is different from most existing calculus texts in at least the following ways: the text is freely readable online in HTML format and is also available for in PDF; in the electronic format, graphics are in full color and there are live links to java applets; version 2.0 now contains WeBWorK exercises in each chapter, which are fully interactive in the HTML format and included in print in the PDF; the text is open source, and interested users can gain access to the original source files on GitHub; 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; following the WeBWorK exercises in each section, there are several challenging problems that require students to connect key ideas and write to communicate their understanding.
Description from Open Textbook Library.
- Publisher
- Grand Valley State University
- Year
- 2017
- Subjects
- Mathematics - Calculus, Mathematics - Pure
- Licence
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike, as Open Textbook Library states it. Non-commercial use only.
- Who can read
- Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects