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

New Orleans, Louisiana, March 12-15, 2009

Paper S014

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Thinking Outside the DiffEq Box

Joel P. Lehmann


Purdue University - North Central

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Christine Heinecke Lehmann


Valparaiso University

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ABSTRACT

Use of technology is illustrated as both a motivator and a tool in assisting students to deepen conceptual knowledge. Beyond the usual computational tools, students' use of such noncomputational technologies as video can focus their attention on significant aspects of their problem-solving process, and because it's fun, will encourage participation.

Keyword(s): differential equations, pedagogy