GoodQuestions

GoodQuestions is a part of an inquiry-based learning initiative at Cornell University. Students are expected to read ahead and come to class prepared to discuss the topics of the day. This is in opposition to the lecture model, in which the professor transcribes the texbook onto the board for the students to subsequently transcribe into their notebooks.

I am in the process of preparing PDF "slide shows" from the GoodQuestions bank. I'm putting up my slide shows mainly for the benefit of other instructors.

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Behind the link is a LaTeX file of documentclass slides. Download that file if you're interested in modifying the slides. The source is free with the stipulation that subsequent users of it may never make it not free and must give credit to its original authors. You will also need the slide configuration file, which you can also edit if the document does not compile properly

• Slide Configuration file
• Precalculus and functions (Chapter 1)
• Section 2.2: The limit of a function
• Section 2.3: Calculating Limits Using the Limit Laws
• Section 2.4: Continuity
• Section 2.5: Limits Involving Inifinity
• Section 2.7: Derivatives
• Section 2.8: The Derivative as a Function
• Section 2.9: Linear Approximations
• Section 3.1: Derivatives of Polynomials and Exponential Functions
• Section 3.2: The Product and Quotient Rules
• Section 3.4: Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions
• Section 3.5: The Chain Rule
• Section 3.6: Implicit Differentiation
• Section 3.7: Derivatives of Logarithmic Functions
• Section 3.8: Linear Approximation and Differentials
• Section 4.1: Related Rates
• Section 4.2: Maximum and Minimum Values
• Section 4.3: The Mean Value Theorem and the Shape of Curves
• Section 4.5: Indeterminate Forms and L'Hôpital's Rule
• Section 4.6: Optimization Problems
• Section 4.7: Applications to Economics
• Section 4.8: Newton's Method
• Section 4.9: Antiderivatives
• Section 5.1: Areas and Distances
• Section 5.2: The Definite Integral
• Section 5.3: Evaluating Definite Integrals
• Section 5.4: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
• Section 5.5: The Substitution Rule