USING SOFTWARE FOR TEACHING MATHEMATICS AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL
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Abstract
The implementation of mathematical software, applying them flexibly and effectively in each course is spread to different levels with very different perspectives and perceptions. The paper reviews the situation of teaching Maths related to software in some universities at home and abroad and points out that in the current educational context of Vietnam, besides specialized software such as MATLAB or Maple, Microsoft Excel is the software that meets the requirements of many math courses (except Calculus). Some experiences using Excel for Linear Algebra, Probability and Statistics, Financial Math, Linear Planning were also dicussed. The results from a small-scale experiment helped draw some lessonsand potentials of Excel for teaching mathematics. Some recommendations related to teachers' and leaders' perceptions of software in teaching and classroom organization are presented.
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higher education, Mathematical software, teaching Mathematics, using Excel
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