COALITION MATH 152, SPRING 1998

     (English class conducted by M. Johnson and S. Baughman)

                             Day 30.T


    1.  Free-writing exercise based on individual student response to the
        article by J. V. Grabiner, "The Changing Concept of Change",
        Mathematics Magazine 56 (1983), 195-206.

        A.  Comment on the importance of 

            i.  trial and error

           ii.  teamwork

        in the development of the concept of derivative.

        B.  Relate these insights to the development of the 
        Foundation Coalition.

    2.  Combine individual products into a team essay.
TEAM PRODUCTS TENDED TO BE BLAND AND CONTENT-WEAK, PERHAPS 
BECAUSE TIME RAN SHORT FOR THAT PART OF THE EXERCISE.  INDIVIDUAL 
ESSAYS WERE MORE INTERESTING AND SOMETIMES INSIGHTFUL.  FEW 
STUDENTS PICKED UP THE INTENDED MESSAGE THAT THE COALITION 
PRESENTATION OF CALCULUS HAS SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH THE 
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT.  MOST INTERPRETED 1.B AS REFERRING TO THE 
DEVELOPMENT OF COALITION PROCEDURES.