Integrating Precalculus Review with Calculus
An IDEA that works!


Have you heard any of these remarks?

I  understand the calculus, but I can't do the algebra.
I know how to find a maximum, but I don't know how to  set up the problem.
Math doesn't come easily to me—I need to see all the steps.

Have you made any of these remarks?

Students say they never saw this before and I taught it to them last semester in Precalculus!
These students need more time to learn all this material.
I don't have time to review algebra every time they need it in calculus.

The IDEA: 
A one-year college course that integrates the review of precalculus topics on a just-in time basis.



Some Background                              Why Calculus with Precalculus

What it is and What it is not                            Documented Outcomes

     Lessons Learned                                  Institutions with integrated course

                            A Companion to Calculus                  



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Last updated January 20, 2006