The Bottom Line
Calculus WIZ is an engaging interactive software that provides tutorials that are simple, powerful, and easy to understand.
Pros
- Visuals Make Calculus Easy to Understand
- Step by Step Learning
- Simple Interactive Tutorials
Cons
- All Learning is Done on the Computer
Description
- Addresses approximately three semesters of calculus, follows the calculus commonly found in texts.
- Strong focus on conceptual understanding versus procedural understanding.
- Reduces time spent on basic calculations in a very practical and engaging fashion.
- Customizable homework helper that will ensure success when used regularly and appropriately.
- Calculus Wiz show formulas in an intuitive manner,that enables you to experiment the math of motion.
- Lets you plug in computations and double check your work. An extremely valuable tool!
- Provides 3-dimensional graphics and charts that guide you to better understand the problems.
- Completely customizable to enable you to focus on your areas of need and capitalize on strenghts.
- Helps you to solve even the toughest of calculus problems in a way that promotes understanding!
- A definite focus on concepts as opposed to computations - the only way to learn.
Guide Review - Software to Make Calculus Easy
If only this product was available when I started Calculus. With Calculus WIZ, one never needs to return to the level of frustration that happens so often especially to first year calculus students. This user friendly software is the answer to better understanding of Calculus. Provides answers to customizable problems at the click of a button. Topics include: Functions and Graphs, Limits, Differentiation, The Mean Value Theorem,,Curve Sketching, Applications of the Derivative, Integration and its Applications, Transcendental Functions,Techniques of Integration
Conics, Polar Coordinates, Parametric Equations, Infinite Sequences, Improper Integrals, Infinite Series, Differential Equations,Runs on both PC and Macs.
