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Culture Points: Engaging Students outside the Classroom
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Fraboni, Michael; Hartshorn, Kevin – PRIMUS, 2007
In the typical first-year mathematics course--whether it be calculus or a general education quantitative proficiency course--we struggle to help students see the relevance of mathematics to their own lives. Particularly in a focused course such as calculus, there is a danger that students see mathematics as an isolated subject, with applications…
Descriptors: Calculus, Mathematics Instruction, Relevance (Education), College Mathematics