Advantages of using the Briggs/Cochran Calculus eBook

Speaking About…Math and StatsFebruary 2013

Presented byGerman Vargas

College of Coastal Georgia

The Book◦ Our experience at College of Coastal Georgia

The eBook◦ Advantages

MyMathLab◦ Homework Assignments◦ Mathematica Player (CDF Player)

Interactive eBook◦ Classroom Instruction

Examples

Obtain immediate response in a graph of a function as you change different parameters

Obtain immediate response in a graph of a function as you change different parameters

Explore new concepts visually without being limited to few examples. You choose the values in the graphs…

Show how slopes of secant lines approach the slope of the tangent line with a interactive figure instead of a sequence of separate images

Present strong concepts in a fun and interactive way

Zoom or change the window box to explore fine details or special behaviors of graphs.

Students have the opportunity to see demonstration typically presented by their professors directly in the eBook as they read it.

Students have the opportunity to see demonstration typically presented by their professors directly in the eBook as they read it.

Observe dynamic figures instead of snapshots of situations that are dynamical in nature.

Observe dynamic figures instead of snapshots of situations that are dynamical in nature.

Compare different approximations in a single interactive figure.

Introduce new concepts without sacrificing the level of customization of the figures.

Volume by Slicing

Volume of solids with a given cross sectional shape

Volume of solids of revolution: Disks

Volume of solids of revolution: Washers

Volume of solids of revolution: Shells

No need to incorporate external applets to your presentation

Electric Potential function