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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451203403321

Titolo

Symbolic computation and education [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Shangzhi Li, Dongming Wang, Jing-Zhong Zhang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2007

ISBN

1-281-92896-8

9786611928964

981-277-600-1

Descrizione fisica

viii, 245 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

LiShangzhi <1947->

WangDongming <1961->

ZhangJingzhong <1936->

Disciplina

511.3

Soggetti

Mathematics - Computer-assisted instruction

Computable functions - Data processing

Logic, Symbolic and mathematical

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"International Seminar on Symbolic Computation in Education (SCE 2006) held at Beihang University, Beijing, China from the 12th to 14th April 2006."--P. [v].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Crisis We Face and How to Try to Deal with It (J J Uhl &#38; D Woods); Mathematics Topics Foundational to Calculus at the Secondary Level (A R Quesada); Hand-held Technology in Secondary Mathematics Education (B Kissane); College Algebra Change (R L Mayes et al.); Mathematics Experiments -- Learning and Investigating Mathematics with the Help of Computers (S Li); CreaComp: Experimental Formal Mathematics for the Classroom (G Mayrhofer et al.); Free Software SSP for Teaching Mathematics (J-Z Zhang et al.); Bringing More Intelligence to Dynamic Geometry by Using Symbolic Computation (F Botana); Combining CAS and DGS -- Towards Algorithmic Thinking (U H Kortenkamp); Integrating Rule-Based and Input-Based Approaches for Better Error Diagnosis in Expression Manipulation Tasks (R Prank et al.); Automated Generation of Readable Proofs for a Class of Limits of Sequences and Functions (J Ruan &#38; Z Lu); Computer Algebra Meets



an Ancient Egyptian Problem (Y-K Man); Finite Series Expansions for Powers of Sine and Cosine Functions via Mathematica (T de Alwis); Solving the Heat and Wave Equations with the (Fast) Discrete Fourier Transform (A G Akritas et al.).

Sommario/riassunto

With 14 chapters written by leading experts and educators, this book covers a range of topics from teaching philosophy and curriculum development to symbolic and algebraic manipulation and automated geometric reasoning, and to the design and implementation of educational software and integrated teaching and learning environments.