Conversations in Math: Have I learned anything about teaching Calculus?
I have taught college Calculus almost every semester for over fifty years. Have I learned anything about teaching or learning Calculus?
Dr. Gary Towsley
Distinguished Teaching Professor
SUNY Geneseo
Abstract:
I taught my first class in Calculus at the University of Rochester in the fall of 1968. Since then I taught at least one section (mostly Calculus I) almost every semester. Over the five decades I thought I was figuring out how to do the job well and then something would periodically happen to change the game fundamentally, for example an affordable calculator. I want to talk about what I have learned and about where I have failed in the teaching.
Speaker Bio:
Recipient of Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1980.
Recipient of MAA Seaway Section Award for Distinguished Teaching 1999.
Recipient of Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Prize for Distinguished College Teaching, January, 2000
Lockhart Professor of Mathematics (1994-1997)
Distinguished Teaching Professor
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