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Greg Macklem
      History Society of Science Society

Using technology and IBL to return the “Fundamental” to the Fundamental                 Theorem of Calculus

The standard approach to single-variable calculus has reduced the impact of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (FTC), to the point where many students take the FTC as given or obvious without realizing its import.

Part of this can be attributed to the sequencing of materials and early introduction of notation that serve to short-circuit the learning process. Rarely can this under appreciation be attributed to a genuinely deep intuition about the FTC.