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

San Antonio, Texas, March 6-9, 2008

Paper S076

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, ISBN 0-321-64488-3, Copyright (C) 2009 by Pearson Education, Inc.

Seeing is Believing - Visualizing Calculus

Adam O. Hausknecht

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
ahausknecht@umassd.edu

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Robert E. Kowalczyk

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
rkowalczyk@umassd.edu

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ABSTRACT

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then an animation must be worth at least ten thousand words. How can we convert this efficiency in communication to the world of teaching mathematics? The authors demonstrate the use of a number of visual tools designed into software that can help students 'see' calculus.

Keyword(s): calculus, software