Calculus treats all the topics normally covered in an Advanced Placement AB-level calculus program, as well as many of the topics required for a BC-level program. The text begins with a thorough review of those mathematical concepts and skills required for calculus. In the early problem sets, students practice “setting up” word problems they will later encounter as calculus problems. The problem sets contain multiple-choice and conceptually-oriented problems similar to those found on the Advanced Placement examination. Whenever possible, students are provided an intuitive introduction to concepts prior to a rigorous examination of them. Proofs are provided for all important theorems. For example, three proofs, one intuitive and two rigorous, are given for the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Also, numerous applications to physics, chemistry, engineering, and business are treated in both the lessons and the problem sets. Use of this text has allowed students to take the Advanced Placement examination and score well.

Course #	Course Title	Format	Program
Calcu-P1DE	Calculus - Part 1	Distance Consulted	Distance Education

Start Date	End Date	Start Time	Length (hours)	Days	Credits	Price
9/7/2010	9/6/2011	n/a	1		0.50	$220.00

Cynthia Tolman

Mrs. Tolman has been a truly outstanding math specialist and core teacher at American Heritage School since 2005. She was awarded a full-tuition scholarship to BYU, graduated with University Honors (Communications,1990), and was valedictorian of her high school. The daughter of a military officer, Cindy has lived in more than a dozen states and cities (and one foreign country). Before her children arrived, she worked in accounting, government, law, and education. Cindy is a natural with teaching, both at school and in the home. When her children were young, she taught a home-school group, and she has taught nearly every level of Saxon math. She also has a gift for the "tutorial method" and connects with individual students in an extraordinary way; as a math teacher, she explains concepts simply and clearly and is dedicated to helping her students succeed. (Her students frequently report that even though math isn’t their favorite subject, it is their favorite class!) Cindy is active in the AHS community, including the master teacher program, curriculum committee, entrance examination design and administration, and Distance Education. Cindy and her husband David are the parents of two daughters, Aja and Hannah, both of whom have attended American Heritage School. Cindy is a trained accompanist and organist, and she loves old movies, classic literature, beautiful music, animals and nature, her family and friends, and everything that is "virtuous, lovely, of good report, or praiseworthy."