Title :
Maple: The new apprenticeship in applied mathematics
Author :
Lopez, Robert J.
Author_Institution :
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technol., Terre Hauke, IN, USA
Abstract :
The author claims that a totally new pedagogy is available because of tools like Maple that actually do the analytic manipulations which have been the focus of the traditional curriculum for so many years. Given that a computer can now be directed to perform nearly all the manipulations of the undergraduate mathematics curriculum, the software becomes both a teaching/learning device and a production tool. Maple can be used to learn about, and implement mathematics and engineering analysis
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational courses; mathematics; mathematics computing; software packages; Maple; applied mathematics; computer algebra system; engineering analysis; learning device; production tool; software; teaching device; undergraduate mathematics curriculum; Availability; Differential equations; Education; Integral equations; Laplace equations; Mathematical analysis; Mathematics; Temperature; Testing; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 1993. Twenty-Third Annual Conference. 'Engineering Education: Renewing America's Technology', Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1482-4
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.1993.405462
