Electronic Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate MathematicsChicago, Illinois, October 30-November 2, 2003Paper S067
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Hand-on Learning in Calculus via Maplets-based Projects |
Keith Howard
Kenyon College
Gambier, OH 43022
USA
howardk@kenyon.edu
| Lewis D. Ludwig
Denison University
Granville, OH 43023
USA
ludwigl@denison.edu
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We discuss the Maplet-based lab format that was collaboratively developed under several grants from the Mellon Foundation for the calculus series. These labs not only use the power of technology to explain news topics, but also engage the students through hands-on explorations and a series of discovery-type questions.
Keyword(s): calculus, Maple
