Concepts in Calculus introduces participants to several ideas about making the learning of calculus more than a memorization of formulas. Below are documents to accompany the presentation, in the order they are discussed.

Accompanying documents:


• Enrollment statistics for mathematics courses at IMSA, Academic Year 2012 – 2011.


• Questions from the warm-up quiz on continuity and limits.


• Practice problems involving the floor function. (Handout.)


• Commentary on the practice problems.


• Notes on the derivative as a linear approximation.


• Some practice problems on the derivative as a linear approximation. (Handout.)


• The homework assignment for writing Original Problems.


• A discussion of innovative assessments in Calculus I.


• An example of a calculus exam involving conceptual questions.


• A selection of conceptual problems from several calculus exams. (Handout.)


• An extended series of notes on Taylor series.