Teaching Concepts with Maple is a collection of video examples and Maple documents that illustrates the re-sequencing of traditional concepts and skills that comes when students have access to a syntax-free, clickable tool such as Maple. Developed by Dr. Robert Lopez, each example shows how a problem can expeditiously be solved with a few clicks in Maple. Then, like peeling away the layers of an onion, various facets of the solution process are explored. From a big-picture conceptual approach, to a mastery of details, Maple helps the student learn more quickly, and with greater insight and understanding.
Robert Lopez, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA, is an award winning educator in mathematics and is the author of several books including Advanced Engineering Mathematics (Addison-Wesley 2001). For more than two decades, Dr. Lopez has also been a visionary figure in the introduction of Maplesoft technology into undergraduate education.
