Activecalculus.org Website Review

Active Calculus - single variable is a free, open-source calculus text that is designed to support an active learning approach in the standard first two semesters of calculus, including approximately 200 activities and 500 exercises. In the HTML version available for purchase on Amazon for less than $21. Print versions are in black and white to keep costs low; the electronic versions are Through direct request to the author by email (boelkinm at gvsu dot edu), a range of ancillary materials are available to faculty, including WeBWorK .def files, activities workbooks (.pdf files that include only the activities along with room for students to write), reading the text. Both the 2018 HTML and PDF versions include answers to activities and exercises in appendices in the back. Each section of the text has at least 3 in-clas* activities to engage students in active learning. The section on the tangent line text: a brief introduction together with a preview activity, followed by a mix of exposition and several more activities. Each section concludes with a short summary and exercises; the non-WeBWorK exercises are typically involved and challenging. More information on Active Calculus - single variable has been publicly available since August 2012. The PDF version has been do*nloaded over 80,000 times since August 2014. The author maintains an email list of interested users and communicates a few times a year with updates to the community. Carroll College (Helena, MT) was an early adopter of the text and their faculty have made some useful additions entire text, and a couple of additional sections on modeling with difference equations. Active Calculus - multivariable has been publicly available since August 2015, under the lead authorship of Steve Schlicker. The with questions should contact the author at schlicks at gvsu dot edu. While minor errors in HTML versions may be reconciled as we become aware of them, the PDF and print versions of each text will be updated