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From: hb136@leah.albany.edu (Herb Brown)
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Subject: Re: Teaching math with HP calculators
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Date: 15 Dec 90 13:44:12 GMT
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In article <1990Dec11.012425.7739@midway.uchicago.edu> keho@quads.uchicago.edu (thomas david kehoe) writes:
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>The main idea is to develop textbooks for teaching calculus,
>college algebra, trig, etc., with the calculators. 
>
>Could someone tell me whether there are already courses like
>this?  Do they work well?  Do instructors like to offer them?
>Are they using Macintosh applications, or HP calculators, or
>what?  Are there textbooks?
>
>--
>Dave Kehoe  keho@midway.uchicago.edu  (312) 753-0119

I believe it is more useful to write material that makes use of the
technology in general, rather than a specific piece of the technology
such as Maple or one of the Super Hand-held Calculators. A generic
approach to the subject, which involves a generic approach to the use
of this technology without forcing one to use a particular machine
is certainly more attractive and would have wider appeal to mathematicians.
This way, the same material could be used with Maple and Amiga Computers
on the one hand, and HP48s on the other hand.
 
An excellent example is the paperback text "Explorations in Calculus
with a Computer Algebra System" by Donald Small & John Hosack, published
by McGraw Hill.
                                           Herb


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