Electronic Proceedings of the Eighth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate MathematicsHouston, Texas, November 16-19, 1995Paper C037Using Graphing Calculators to Motivate Students in a Calculus Course |
Mingzhi XuDepartment of Mathematics Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210 USA Phone: (614) 292-5814 mingxu@math.ohio-state.edu |
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ABSTRACT
When students use a graphing calculator to do concavity problems, they often succeed easily. So they are not eager to learn the theory. I have found many exercises in the normal curriculum which are easy to do by hand yet extremely hard to do by a graphing calculator, especially for a beginning student who wants to use the calculator to do his work.Keyword(s): graphing calculators, calculus