Lessons in Maple for University Calculus
by
Peter Donelan
Victoria University of Wellington

In 1997 the computer algebra software package, Maple, was introduced into the teaching and assessment of first-year Calculus at Victoria University. There were both practical and pedagogical motives for this. In preparing the course I took the view that the use of Maple should be linked to other aspects of Calculus reform. This year witnesses the second iteration of the experiment. What lessons can be learned when reform ideology encounters students' mathematical expectations and the reality of the computer laboratory?

Date received: June 15, 1998

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