id: 05945680
dt: j
an: 2011e.00404
au: Pfaff, Thomas J.
ti: Educating about sustainability while enhancing calculus.
so: PRIMUS, Probl. Resour. Issues Math. Undergrad. Stud. 21, No. 4, 338-350
    (2011).
py: 2011
pu: Taylor \& Francis, Philadelphia, PA
la: EN
cc: D35 M15
ut: calculus; environmental education; sustainable development; mathematical
    applications; spreadsheets; teaching methods; college mathematics
ci: 
li: doi:10.1080/10511970903226426
    http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&id=doi:10.1080/10511970903226426
ab: Summary: We give an overview of why it is important to include
    sustainability in mathematics classes and provide specific examples of
    how to do this for a calculus class. We illustrate that when students
    use "Excel" to fit curves to real data, fundamentally important
    questions about sustainability become calculus questions about those
    curves. (Contains 5 figures.) (ERIC)
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