Gaughan E.D., Pengelley D.J., Knoebel A., Kurtz D. Student research projects in calculus

Washington: Mathematical Association of America, 1991. — 225 p.You are reading this preface because you are curious about student research projects in calculus. Thus you are a member of our intended audience: that growing group of people sincerely interested in improving their students' knowledge of calculus. As you read on, you will discover new ways to challenge your students and stimulate their interest in calculus, as well as yours.
The introduction gives a brief description and the guiding philosophy of student research projects in calculus. Chapter 1 is devoted to the history and evolution of our program. In Chapter 2, we discuss our evaluation of the effects of the program over the past several years. Chapter 3 is devoted to the logistics of using projects in the classroom. In this chapter we summarize our experiences of the past years and point out those strategies that work and those that do not work. After reading these chapters, we hope you will get into the spirit of the movement and, not only will you want to try projects in your calculus classes, you will want to try your hand at creating some projects of your own. Chapter 4 will offer some advice about how to write projects.
Read on, anticipate, and let your enthusiasm grow.
The second part of this book is a compendium of projects, most of which have been class tested. You have our permission to reproduce any of these projects for classroom use. Each project includes a commentary and some additional information concerning that project. The "Guide to the Projects" section gives you information about using the project section of the book and the related index.