Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-second Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Chicago, Illinois, March 11-14, 2010

Paper R007

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CAS as a Restructing Tool in Mathematics Education

Keith A. Nabb


Moraine Valley Community College

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ABSTRACT

Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) have the potential to restructure and reform the mathematics that is learned at the undergraduate level. In a review of the literature, this paper addresses important questions from the perspective of three important strands of research: subject matter, student learning, and mathematics curriculum.

Keyword(s): computer algebra systems, pedagogy