Calculus · Week 9 · Differentiation: Definition and Basic Rules
Product and Quotient Rules
Product and quotient rules in a group with clear roles and kind, specific feedback.
- Students will
- Students use the product and quotient rules and show that the derivative of tan x is sec^2 x.
- SEL skill
- Give feedback on a step as a question and receive feedback with thanks
- What it looks like
- Students practice relationship skills by giving and receiving feedback on a step with a question, not a correction.
- Content focus
- Product and quotient rules
- Format
- Group roles share
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean working well with others, like giving feedback in a way a teammate can hear and use. More relationship skills activities
What you get
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Standards
- AB 2.8: AP Calculus AB, Unit 2, Topic 2.8
- AB 2.9: AP Calculus AB, Unit 2, Topic 2.9
- AB 2.10: AP Calculus AB, Unit 2, Topic 2.10
- Standard for Mathematical Practice: MP7 Look for and make use of structure
- CA Mathematics Framework (2023): Exploring Changing Quantities
- Traditional course: Calculus
More relationship skills activities for Calculus
- Limits with Algebra Relationship skillsChoosing substitution, factoring, or rationalizing to find limits, with kind and specific partner feedback.
- Related Rates Relationship skillsLinking rates of change through 1 equation, as a team.
- Connecting f, f', and f'' Graphs Relationship skillsReading a graph of f' to tell what f and f'' are doing, and talking through disagreements kindly.
- u-Substitution Relationship skillsu-substitution as a team, where each role speaks up clearly and passes the work on.
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