For one-semester undergraduate courses in calculus for the middle grades. With challenging new standards-based middle school mathematics curricula now in place, future teachers need college-level mathematics courses that better prepare them for their professional teaching careers. This text addresses the importance of learning calculus in preparation for the teaching of middle school mathematics, focusing on concepts and applications to illuminate the connections that exist between college-level calculus and the mathematics curricula taught in today,s middle schools. Other titles in the Prentice Hall Connections in Mathematics Courses for Teachers include: 1. Geometry Connections: Mathematics for Middle School Teachers 2. Algebra Connections: Mathematics for Middle School Teachers 3. Data and Probability Connections: Mathematics for Middle School Teachers 4. Calculus Connections: Mathematics for Middle School Teachers