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| ID | 408 |
|---|---|
| First Name | Matt |
| Last Name | Rissler |
| Institution | Loras College |
| Speaker Category | faculty |
| Title of Talk | Adding Context to Calculus |
| Abstract | This semester in Calculus I, my students have been doing weekly assignments to help provide them with context for the mathematics they are learning in the rest of the course. These assignments have investigated connections to historical and present day developments in mathematics, as well as to the utility of calculus for problem-solving in students' current lives and future careers. I will discuss what assignments I have done/will do and how students have responded to them. |
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| Suitable for undergraduates? | Y |
| Day Preference | Either |
| Computer Needed? | N |
| Bringing a laptop? | Y |
| Overhead Needed? | N |
| Software requests | |
| Special Needs | Do not schedule me at the same time as Angela Kohlhaas. |
| Date Submitted | 10/01/2014 |
| Year | 2014 |