Each of the first three quarters of the semester and twice in the fourth, the class is divided into pairs to complete a computer project on the Maple-V math program. The projects are done outside of class time.
Students have a group goal and are to work cooperatively.
The Maple computer projects are done in pairs. To help get started well, the projects are begun during the last 20 minutes of the class period. This ought to be enough time to become familiar with the purpose of and language used in the project although this is hardly enough time to finish the project. Each student is asked to bring a diskette formatted for the PC to save the work done, if so desired. There are usually 5 days given to complete the project in one of the student computer labs.