Sharing Teaching Ideas: The Area under a Curve: Conjecturing the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
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The NCTM standards for courses designed to prepare students for the “new calculus” include using “all appropriate calculator and computer technologies,” as well as promoting “the use of experimentation and conjecturing” (NCTM 2000, p. 289). Both these goals can be met in the following experiment to find the area under a curve. The experiment is a modification of a classroom exercise that I conducted in an introductory college calculus course for nonmajors.
1987 ◽
Vol 36
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pp. 482-506
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2021 ◽