Word: calculus
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...calculus courses of the past almost never had graphs or data. They started with a function," Hughes Hallet said. "The other fields frequently find it hard to recognize what was calculus...
...many complaints is that people from other fields have felt the kind of material in calculus courses are not recognizable in their fields," Hughes Hallett said. She said that fields such as biology, ecology and economics often require calculus, but present students with data sets and graphs--not formulas...
This summer, when Hughes Hallett and experts from other universities rewrote the standard calculus textbook, they gave it a new look with more graphing and problems drawn from various fields...
After studying student learning patterns, professors at Harvard this year designed courses around the use of graphic calculators and computer programs. And while graphing has traditionally come secondary in most calculus courses, the focus in many classes has now shifted to ideas and pictures, instead of formulas...
Other departments applauded the new changes, but some students said they are finding it difficult to adjust to the more visual teaching of calculus...