Mathematics Presentation: “Teaching Precalculus and Calculus with Interactive Figures”

Mathematics Seminar Presentation

Lyle Cochran and Eric Schulz
Friday, March 28
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Neill Hall 5W

“Teaching Precalculus and Calculus with Interactive Figures”Interactive Figures can help students develop an intuitive, geometric understanding of important precalculus and calculus principles that stick with them beyond the final exam. Eric Schulz and Lyle Cochran will discuss the effects that using such tools have had on their instruction as well as students’ reactions to them. They will also discuss how exercises and videos that accompany these figures help reinforce their use in lecture.

Refreshments 3:10-3:30 p.m. in Neill 5W

Please follow this link for more information:  https://www.math.wsu.edu/Calendar/seminars.php

 

“Teaching Precalculus and Calculus with Interactive Figures”

Interactive Figures can help students develop an intuitive, geometric understanding of important precalculus and calculus principles that stick with them beyond the final exam. Eric Schulz and Lyle Cochran will discuss the effects that using such tools have had on their instruction as well as students’ reactions to them. They will also discuss how exercises and videos that accompany these figures help reinforce their use in lecture.

Refreshments 3:10-3:30 p.m. in Neill 5W

Please follow this link for more information:  https://www.math.wsu.edu/Calendar/seminars.php 

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