Electronic Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate MathematicsSan Francisco, California, November 4-7, 1999Paper P013Designing Courseware with Maple |
Mike MayDepartment of Mathematics and Mathematical Computer Science Saint Louis University 221 N Grand Blvd St. Louis, MO 63108 USA maymk@slu.edu list of all papers by this author |
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ABSTRACT
When one decides to use a CAS package like Maple to teach mathematics attention needs to be paid to the method used to incorporate it into classroom practice. The best method will vary depending on factors unique to each institution. In particular, one has to decide how much one intends to explicitly teach Maple to the students. This paper outlines a method found effective by the author in a variety of courses that has the students using Maple to learn mathematics while only requiring them to learn a minimal amount of Maple. This method should easily be adaptable to many other institutions.Keyword(s): Maple