Calculus Textbook Evaluations

Look for the foloiwng material or heading in the contents.

• Limits and Derivatives
  · Limit of a function
  · Calculating limits
  · Limit laws
  · Continuity
• Differentiation Rules
  · Rates of change
  · Derivative rules (polynomials and exponentials)
  · Product rule
  · Quotient rule
  · Derivatives of trigonometric functions
  · The chain rule
  · Implicit differentiation
  · Derivatives of logarithmic functions
• Applications of Differentiation (subtitles may differ widely here)

Notes for use: This course should be equivalent to a Calculus One course at a local university. If you know what school your child plans to attend, find out which textbook they use and go with it. In fact, ask for a syllabus and sample tests. A good deal of information can be gleaned from the UAB website on the screening test and the UAB test bank. (See the resources at the end of the chapter.)

Also, note that these books are often written for Calculus I, II, and III. So your text will be a lot bigger than what you will teach in high school. Also, if you do go with a college textbook you will pay a hefty price. An alternative is to find the previous edition on eBay – much cheaper with probably little change in material.