Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!sarah!leah.albany.edu!hb136 From: hb136@leah.albany.edu (Herb Brown) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: programming for math credit - rational Message-ID: <1990Dec8.123554.14590@sarah.albany.edu> Date: 8 Dec 90 12:35:54 GMT References: <1076@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> <565@necssd.NEC.COM> Sender: news@sarah.albany.edu Organization: State University of New York at Albany Lines: 38 In article <565@necssd.NEC.COM> harrison@necssd.NEC.COM (Mark Harrison) writes: >In article <1076@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu>, schiebel@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (Darrell Schiebel) writes: > >> In agreement with "Dr Richard Enbody", a package like Mathematica should >> be introduced into the math classes as early as possible. > >I also agree with this. If you don't have the budget for mathematica >($800 - $1000 plus 386 machine with megs of memory), an alternative >might be "Derive", the decendent of MuMath. > >-- >Mark Harrison harrison@necssd.NEC.COM >(214)518-5050 {necntc, cs.utexas.edu}!necssd!harrison >standard disclaimers apply... Another excellent CAS (Computer Algebra System) is Maple. We have a Computer Classroom with Amiga Computers and Maple software where we teach several levels of mathematics courses including both elementary and advanced mathematics. Maple is also available for other platforms: Macintoshes, Suns, Mainframes, etc. Having the ability to EXPLORE mathematical ideas with non-fabricated examples is a boon to mathematics education and the use of CAS's for such exploration will become "standard" sooner than we think. In our particular Classroom, the students have the opportunity to interact simultaneously with their machine, the instuctor's machine, the blackboard, and their fellow students. There is a one-to-one correspondence between the number of students and the number of machines; yet we encourage small two or three group explorations. Herb -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herb Brown Math Dept The Univ at Albany Albany, NY 12222 (518) 442-4640 hibrown@leah.albany.edu or hibrown@cs.albany.edu or hb136@ALBNYVMS.BITNET ----------------------------------------------------------------------------