Learning on ScreenMathwise
- Synopsis
- Thirty-two self-study modules, with 18 titles for Apple Macintosh platforms and 21 for PC, on mathematics for science and engineering students, each covering a separate topic. Approximately 5 hours of teaching material per module, suitable for independent learning.
For both PC and Macintosh: inequalities; concepts in differentiation; rules of differentiation; maxima and minima; solution of linear equations; Fourier series; first-order ordinary differential equations; applications of differential equations; mathematical biographies.
For PC only: polynomials, powers and logs; linear equations and matrices; trigonometric functions; Euclidean geometry; standard curves and conics; concepts in integration; standard techniques of integration; complex numbers; basic vector algebra; sequences and series; astronomy; applications in earth sciences; applications in discrete maths; mechanics.
For Macintosh only: real numbers and algebra; graphs of functions; trigonometric equations; Fourier series; first-order ordinary differential equations; Eigen values and oscillations; discrete maths and graph theory; maths for electrical and electronic engineers; models in mathematics; business studies; data fitting. - Series
- UK Mathematics Courseware Consortium, Tltp Project
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Multimedia; CD-ROM. Dual format PC Windows/Apple Macintosh. Electronic document available via ftp.
- Year of production
- 1995
- Availability
- Sale; 1997 sale: £60.00
- Notes
- Available to UK higher education institutions.
Related article by Robert Harding in ‘Active Learning’, No 4 (July 1996), pp 53-7.
Reviewed in ‘Mathematics Multimedia Courseware Review’ by Lindsay Aitkenhead (Sheffield Hallam University, 1997), pp49-50. - Uses
- Undergraduate mathematics for science and engineering.
- Subjects
- Mathematics
- Keywords
- algebra; applied mathematics; calculus; computer-assisted learning; mathematics teaching; Teaching & Learning Technology Programme
Distribution Formats
- Type
- CD-ROM
Distributor
- Name
University of Birmingham, Centre for Computer Based Learning
- mathwise@bham.ac.uk
- Web
- http://www.bham.ac.uk/ctimath/tltp External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0121-414 4800
- Address
- Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT - Notes
- contact: Steven Kerr
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