Applying Maple Computing Environment in Teaching Mathematics to University Students Majoring in Technical

摘要

The article shares the experience of using Maple computer algebra system in teaching mathematics to students majoring in technical studies. Universities need to change classical teaching methods to educate top graduates properly to get knowledge accumulated by mankind and modern technologies. Further mathematics course to engineering students should be focused on the applied approach to master mathematical apparatus, not computing technique. This approach teaches future engineers to use that skill to solve their job tasks. The authors have used Maple computing environment in teaching mathematics for several years. This graphic system can produce curve and surfaces graphics specified in different coordinate systems quickly and accurately. The animation of basic mathematical notions help learners succeed in course without sticking to complex computations. Visualized mathematical knowledge via Maple allows improving education. It motivates to acquire knowledge and trains better professionals. The experiment increased qualitative academic performance by 16,9% in the experimental group.