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Maple’s Impact on Student Achievement

In a world that is ever-evolving technologically, formal like Maple helps to increase knowledge and greatly
education is becoming more fluid in order to embrace simplifies the process for the completion of complex
both new methods for the delivery of information problems. It reduces the time it takes to calculate
and the changing needs of an increasingly global and equations, create graphs, solve calculus problems,
fast-paced society. When discussing the evolution of and more. Its easy-to-use interface provides a deeper
education, the focus is often on the institution and understanding of ideas and concepts, which in turn
instructors: How are they embracing new technology? boosts students’ confidence in their knowledge
How are they evolving to meet the needs of a growing of mathematics and leads to greater progress and
pool of students? How are they adapting to expand improved grades.
their reach around the globe?
The Maple Advantage
Students seem to get lost in this discussion, despite
the fact that they are most affected by the educational Maple has thousands of unique features and
framework. They bear the burden of evolving their commands to improve the academic experience for
study habits, their knowledge of modern learning students, and includes support for basic and advanced
tools, and their ability to keep pace; being sufficiently algebra, calculus, differential equations, linear algebra,
prepared can be a difficult task and is essential to transforms, optimization, graph theory, differential
success. Accessing education materials, completing geometry, and a whole lot more. Maple is a cost-
coursework, tests and assignments, and preparing effective educational solution, offering tools that allow
for the future is made easier the more advanced the users to solve complex problems, including but not
tools become. limited to:

Using the best tools for the job can save a great deal of • Differentiation and Integration
time for students when it comes to completing course • Solving Equations
work, refining their study habits, and identifying areas of • Plotting in Maple
strength and weakness as they seek to lay a foundation • Matrix Computation
for professional growth. For Science, Technology, • Finding Limits
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) courses, software • Numeric Approximation

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 One of the biggest assets Maple provides is the speed
Why Students Prefer Maple and ease with which students can create graphs and
plots and solve complex mathematical calculations.
• Easy-to use tools for completion of Maple’s Clickable Math™ features allow users to solve
course work problems with the click of a button. Students are not
• Quick calculations for solving complex required to know any complex commands or syntax
mathematics equations in order to complete problems in calculus and other
mathematical disciplines. In addition to being easy
• Ability to create equations, graphs,
to use, Maple provides customized tools, palettes
tables, plots and more and menus that, when combined with standard
• Training videos to learn and master mathematical notation, allow for quick and accurate
various tools and features solutions to intricate problems.

• Discussion forum to interact with Maple’s math engine provides users with exact answers,
experts and network with fellow users only rounding or making approximations when desired
by the user. Users have more than 150 plot types
to explore from within the software, all of which can
be easily modified using numerous interactive graph
and plot editors, with all steps in the process instantly
recalculated with one click. Maple’s document mode
makes it easy to capture all steps of your work and
can be enhanced by adding text, images, graphs and
more to make rich documents that can be shared with
others. Maple’s efficiency and user-friendly interface
makes it a better option than other mathematics tools
on the market.

In addition to all these features, Maple is a cost-effective

resource that provides students with a number of
valuable benefits at a lower price than purchasing a
graphing calculator, textbooks, work resources and other
software tools. Students will find Maple easy to work
into a modest budget and will receive an exponential
return on their investment; an investment that includes
tutorials, training videos, troubleshooting and user forum
access at no additional cost. Maple is also a tool that will
remain with students throughout their academic career
and beyond, into their professional lives.

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 These videos were created by experts with students in
Beyond the Classroom mind; they can teach the skills needed to work easily
Maple can revolutionize the educational experience within the Maple environment and can be used to
for students and it provides additional value outside of reinforce the materials being studied in various courses.
the classroom. Even if an instructor isn’t using Maple
as a teaching tool in a particular course, students can In addition to training resources, Maple also features a
still gain great benefit from it due to its many features math dictionary, an Exploration Assistant for easy visual
designed specifically for STEM content. Maple comes explorations of mathematical expressions, a Student
with a series of packages and interactive tutorials Portal, and a Student Help Center. These tools not
created to help students learn mathematical concepts, only serve to make students more proficient in Maple,
including precalculus, calculus, linear algebra, and more. but they can improve overall knowledge in various
These tutorials illustrate difficult concepts in order mathematical and engineering fields and provide
to provide students with a simple visualization of the students with greater confidence when it comes to
problem and step-by-step solutions complete with learning difficult subject matter.
hints, if necessary.
Networking and Support
Maple has many unique aspects designed specifically
Beyond the conveniences offered by the software itself,
for mathematical processes and calculations and there
the aforementioned Student Help Center includes the
are many videos available for users to help reduce the
following features to support students:
learning curve for the software. These training videos
feature live screen demonstrations that provide step- • Maple tutorials to guide students through the
by-step instructions explaining how to solve common various features and illustrate the easiest solutions
math problems with Maple and customize Maple’s many to common problems.
features to meet students’ objectives.
• Access to the designers of Maple and industry
experts to answer questions. Students can ask
questions and receive feedback on issues relating
to Maple, and mathematics and engineering in
general.

• Downloadable interactive mathematics applications

and calculators to simplify calculations and problem
solving.

• Interactive resources that use Maple to explain

various engineering concepts and theories in
illustrative and easy-to-understand ways.

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 The Student Help Center and Maplesoft’s community at an engineering design firm, a university research
platform, MaplePrimes, have active discussion forums institute, a high school, or any technical position can
that serve as both a learning resource and a networking be greatly enhanced with Maple. Maplesoft products
environment. In addition to corresponding with the and services are currently used by more than 8000
Maple designers and math experts from around the educational institutions, research labs, and companies, in
over 90 countries, which further increases the odds that
world, students can engage with other students or
a student’s knowledge of Maple will be an asset down
professionals to ask questions about Maple, compare
the road.
experiences, discuss mathematics, and correspond about
a wide range of topics. Students can form connections
Conclusion
with people who have common goals and interests, and
call on them to seek support for courses in future career There are very few tools on the market today that can
endeavours. The relationships formed through these provide a student with value throughout their post-
secondary education and into their professional career.
connections can open doors that will provide students
Maple’s combination of unique features designed
with more job possibilities and greater opportunities
for STEM subjects, easy-to-use clickable interface,
for growth and development, both academically and
user friendly tools, training resources and networking
professionally.
opportunities makes it a valuable and ideal solution for
Knowing these support and connections are available students to enhance their education and knowledge
provides students with a greater level of comfort in base long into the future.
dealing with difficult subject matter and a deeper
assurance of their own ability to use innovative software
tools to increase their knowledge and support their
academic and professional goals.

Maple and the Professional World

Maple’s training resources and networking possibilities
ensure that its usefulness to students does not end with
graduation. It is a multi-faceted tool that can be used
for one’s personal learning or to enhance career paths.
Initially, students can list Maple expertise on their resume
to help them secure a job. The skills and knowledge that
come with Maple proficiency are valuable and appealing
to potential employers, especially if the company
the student is applying to uses Maple as part of their
operations. Skills required for careers such as working

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