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Welcome to the 29th Anja S. Greer Conference on Mathematics, Science and Technology being held June 23 - June 28, 2013 at Phillips Exeter Academy.  If this is your first time to the campus, get to know the campus by visiting our interactive map. You can find your dorm by using the buiding filters.  (Your conference welcome letter let you know what dorm you have been assigned.)

Using the daily schedule below, you can select your course period, featured speakers and meals that you will be attending by clicking on the "star".  Each Conference within a Conference (CWIC) session is listed. You can attend as many CWIC sessions as time allows. Just check the sessions you are interested in attending. Your individual schedule will be created.  You can print it or push it to a mobile device.

We look forward to meeting you this upcoming weekend.
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Tuesday, June 25 • 2:45pm - 3:30pm
Is f increasing at x=3?

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Many folks assert that functions cannot increase "at a point". However, we calculus teachers continue to ask a variation of the question, "Is f increasing at 3?" without talking about what we mean. How can we assert that a function cannot increase at a point and then ask our students that very question. For some examples of calculus teachers asking such questions, see the 2013 Free Response questions which can be found at AP Central. This year questions AB/BC 12 and AB 2d asked if a function was increasing or decreasing at a point. I will posit a definition of "increasing at a point"and explore its ramifications.
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Doug Kuhlmann

Doug has been teaching in secondary boarding schools for 38 years, the last 29 at Philips Academy. He received his B.S. in math from St. Louis U. in 1968, and his Ph.D. from Northwestern in 1978. He enjoys learning and teaching mathematics and is particularly interested in using GeoGebra... Read More →

Tuesday June 25, 2013 2:45pm - 3:30pm EDT
Grainger Hall Phelps Science Center
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