Calculus

Calculus notes from the Cengage team...

Calculus Courses

• Mostly 4 year schools

• Taught in the math department

• Required course for many majors

• Multi-term sequence

• Homework, but not necessarily graded

Instructors

• Tenure-track math faculty

• Consider this "their course"

• Appreciate the beauty of mathematics

Students

• Generally successful students

• Science, pre-med, engineering, physics, computer science, math

• Varied background: 20% no HS Calculus to passed AP Calculus

• Few have interest / love for math

• Generally looking for minimum work to make the grade

Key Problems

• Instructors: Diversity of students' math backgrounds!

• Students: Motivation, time management.