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Toward New Vision in Teaching Calculus
Usually the first course in mathematics is calculus. Its a core course in the
curriculum of the Business, Engineering and the Sciences. However many students
face difficulties to learn calculus. These difficulties are often caused by the
prior fear of mathematics. The students today cant live without using computer
technology. The uses of computer for teaching and learning can transform the
boring traditional methodology of teach to more active and attractive method.
In this paper, we will show how we can use Excel in teaching calculus to
improve our students learning and understanding through different types of
applications ranging from Business to Engineering. The effectiveness of the
proposed methodology was tested on a random sample of 45 students from
different majors over a period of two semesters.Comment: IERI Procedia, Elsevier. 201
Perspectives on integrating a computer algebra system into advanced calculus curricula
We introduce a topic in the intersection of symbolic mathematics and computation, concerning topics in multivariable Optimization and Dynamic Analysis. Our computational approach gives emphasis to mathematical methodology and aims at both symbolic and numerical results as implemented by a powerful digital mathematical tool, CAS software Xcas. This work could be used as guidance to develop course contents in advanced calculus curricula, to conduct individual or collaborative projects for programming related objectives, as Xcas is freely available to users and institutions. Furthermore, it could assist educators to reproduce calculus methodologies by generating automatically, in one entry, abstract calculus formulations