2014 CMS Summer Meeting

University of Manitoba, June 6 - 9, 2014

Abstracts        
Excellence in Teaching Award
GERDA DE VRIES, University of Alberta
Lessons Learned from Teaching Calculus in the Context of a First-Year Integrated Science Course  [PDF]

Science 100 at the University of Alberta is a full-year course that explores and teaches the concepts and foundations of seven scientific disciplines in a unified and integrated manner. I have been part of the course from its inception, and taught the calculus component for the last 6 years. I will share some of the trials and tribulations of this experience, and reflect on the insights that I have gained about teaching calculus from the point of view of educating the next generation of scientists.

Sponsors

University of Manitoba Centre de recherches mathématiques AARMS: Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences Fields Institute Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Tourism Winnipeg University of Manitoba, Faculty of Science
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