Lessons
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How I Teach Calculus: A Comedy (Natural Logarithm)
They start to see the need to invent these kinds of functions. The idea that ln(x) is a human invention necessary for the solution of a peculiar little problem gives them some ownership where there was once only mysticism. I like that. The journey through calculus has taken us through the basics of integration. We [...]
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How I Teach Calculus: A Comedy (Concavity)
This post is a part a larger series documenting the changes I am making to my calculus course. My goals are to implement standards-based grading and to introduce genuine applications of the concepts being taught. I’m not suffering any delusions that any of this is all that ground-breaking, I just want to log the comedy [...]
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How I Teach Calculus: A Comedy (The Product Rule)
This post is a part a larger series documenting the changes I am making to my calculus course. My goals are to implement standards-based grading and to introduce genuine applications of the concepts being taught. I’m not suffering any delusions that any of this is all that ground-breaking, I just want to log the comedy [...]
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How I Teach Calculus: A Comedy (Income Taxes!)
This post is a part a larger series documenting the changes I am making to my calculus course. My goals are to implement standards-based grading and to introduce genuine applications of the concepts being taught. I’m not suffering any delusions that any of this is all that ground-breaking, I just want to log the comedy [...]
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How I Teach Calculus: A Comedy (The Power Rule)
This post is a part a larger series documenting the changes I am making to my calculus course. My goals are to implement standards-based grading and to introduce genuine applications of the concepts being taught. I’m not suffering any delusions that any of this is all that ground-breaking, I just want to log the comedy [...]
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Rabbits vs. Wolves
This blog entry is more of an announcement than anything else. I have a separate page linked above specifically for web apps that I will develop and provide support for. My goal is to provide you all with a useful set of web apps that are directly linked to specific content standards and allow for [...]