Must students have experience with computers and the Mathematica software before they can take a C&M class?
Not at all. No previous Mathematica training is required or expected. Students learn to use the Mathematica code gradually as they progress through the courses. The overwhelming majority (85% as measured by survey) of new C&M students with no previous Mathematica experience report they are comfortable within two weeks. Back to Top Q: How about the role of copying, pasting and editing Mathematica code? A: The C&M computer-based text is full of successful Mathematica code which can be copied, pasted and edited by the student anytime the student wants to. This fact minimizes the need to learn lots of Mathematica code and makes C&M courseware easier to navigate than possible with a calculator. But the role of copying and pasting play a much larger role than this. Copying and pasting is a high order skill. To use it well, the student must know when and what to copy, what to edit and how the results will be interpreted. This intellectually heavy activity separates the math of C&M from the pr
