I with Review course in 1988, the Moravian College faculty found that the greatest difficulty in teaching the integrated course was the lack of published material to provide the needed background and review, in a calculus setting. A Companion to Calculus was developed and class-tested at Moravian by a team of authors, all involved in teaching the integrated course. In 1992 these materials were revised and class-tested at several additional institutions.
Students learn how to translate information from one mode to the other.
The text contains many examples and exercises, and encourages the use of technology, but does not depend on it. She is professor of mathematics at Moravian College, where she has taught for 28 years, serving as department chair for 9 years. She is particularly interested in discrete geometry, art, and visualization, and has presented many workshops to teachers. She has 17 years of teaching experience and is currently an associate professor of mathematics at Moravian College. Her research interests are in algebra and number theory.