In the workshop, we will explore the use of classroom activities and long term projects to develop understanding of concepts, to improve students' problem solving skills, and to provide unifying threads for the calculus sequence. Students typically work with these materials in cooperative groups, both in and out of the classroom.
Problems often have open ended components.
Many benefit from the use of some sort of calculator or computer technology, but most can be assigned with as little as a scientific calculator available. The materials can be used effectively in conjunction with a variety of primary textbooks. Participants will have the opportunity to work directly with the materials, to learn about how to integrate them into the classroom, and and to discuss issues raised by the transition to this approach to teaching the course. Diane Driscoll Schwartz is Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Ithaca College. She has a BA in Economics from Cornell University, and MA and PhD in Mathematical Sciences from Binghamton University.