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It has been more than a decade since the beginning of efforts to renew calculus teaching in this country. Those efforts, successful beyond the wildest dreams of their initiators, have reached a plateau. The reaction has been at times intemperate and at times thoughtful, and has led to serious efforts to reinvigorate the traditional curriculum (see How to Teach Mathematics 1 and its appendixes).
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McCallum, W. (2000). The Goals of the Calculus Course. In: Ganter, S.L. (eds) Calculus Renewal. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4698-3_2
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