Electronic Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Chicago, Illinois, October 30-November 2, 2003

Paper M002

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Edited by Corinna Mansfield, ISBN 0-321-30456-x, Copyright (C) 2005 by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.


Interactive Modules for Differential and Integral Calculus of Functions of Many Variables

Przemyslaw Bogacki


Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
USA


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Gordon Melrose


Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
USA


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ABSTRACT

Multi-variable calculus is challenging to most students due to their poor grasp of prerequisite mathematical techniques and their inability to visualize objects in the plane and space. This paper discusses interactive Mathcad modules that focus on key concepts, offering students some geometric insight while improving their problem-solving skills.

Keyword(s): calculus, Mathcad