Pepe, Mike

Seattle Central Community College

Department of Mathematics

1701 Broadway

Seattle, WA 98122

mpepe@u.washington.edu



Multivariable Caclulus



Current:  An integrated set of Mathkit microworlds for exploration and play 

in Multivariable Calculus. This work is about 75% complete. Covers most 

concepts relating to curves and surfaces as appear in a third quarter 

Calculus course. These materials have been field tested in a course in 

Seattle Central's IMTP lab.



Future:  

a) A set of Mathkit modules to accompany an interactive text in Linear 

Algebra. The text itself will probably be written using Maple. This work is 

part of a proposed project with Gene Herman, Bob Moore and Jim King. I have 

done some preliminary work in this area.



b) A collection of short interactive texts using a dynamic approach to 

geometry. These will be self contained explorations on a range of geometry 

topics at the Precalculus and Calculus level. I hope to make use of the new 

facilities available in Mathkit to program objects. I hope to develop these 

texts in the spirit of the goals set forth in Seymour Papert's 

"Mindstorms". I have developed several prototypes in this area but none as 

yet which take advantage of the new object oriented programming.

Mike 









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