THE BOOK IT IS AIMED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND FIRST COLLEGE COURSES ON THE SUBJECT. AUTHORS RECONSTRUCT HERE THE FUNDAMENTAL NOTIONS AND IDEAS THAT GAVE RISE TO DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS. THIS WORK IS PART OF A BROADER AND INNOVATIVE PROPOSAL TO TEACHING AND LEARNING THE SUBJECT MATTER.
STUDENTS’ REFLECTIONS, JOINTLY WITH ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF IDEAS
GENERATED BY THEIR SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS WILL INDUCE, EFFECTIVELY,
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE OF CALCULUS THAT WILL LEAD THEM TOWARDS THE ACQUISITION OF A SOLID SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE.
A WORKBOOK THAT INCORPORATES THE PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUE IS AN
INTEGRAL PART OF THIS MATERIAL.