The role of mathematics in engineering education: an engineer's view |
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| Authors: | J O Scanlan |
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| Institution: | Department of Electronic Engineering , University College Dublin , Ireland |
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| Abstract: | Students of mathematics in the first term studied calculus in two parallel courses. One course was in the standard approach, while the other was based on the non‐standard (Robinson) approach. The students participated in tests of the brain's hemispheres. The scores of both mathematical courses and the results of the hemispheric tests were correlated. The results show that the standard approach is positively correlated to both hemispheres. The n.s. approach is positively correlated to the right hemisphere and negatively correlated to the left hemisphere. It is possible to predict relative success in the two approaches to calculus. |
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| Keywords: | infinite series multiple integrals zeta function |
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