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====== Recall the Derivative ======

===== Prompt =====

** "Write something you know about the derivative." **

===== Context =====

This [[strategy:smallwhiteboard:|SWBQ]] ...

This small whiteboard question prompts students to write something they know about derivatives which yields a variety of responses. These responses initiate a conversation about various representations of derivatives and associated ideas such as examples of time derivatives, graphical representations of derivatives, slope at a point, a rate of change, ratio of small quantities, the limit definition, and "instantaneous".

===== Wrap Up =====

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