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

Chicago, Illinois, October 30-November 2, 2003

Paper S120

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.


Shortcomings and Misuses of Technology (Maple, TI Calculators) in Undergraduate Mathematics

Reza O. Abbasian


Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Texas Lutheran University
1000 W. Court Street
Seguin, TX 78155
USA


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John T. Sieben


Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Texas Lutheran University
1000 W. Court Street
Seguin, TX 78155
USA


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ABSTRACT

We present examples using CAS (Maple) and graphing calculators (TI-89, Voyage 200). These case studies are intended to demonstrate some of the inaccuracies and misinterpretations associated with the use of technology in teaching undergraduate mathematics.

Keyword(s): calculus, Maple, graphing calculators