This site contains an online calculator that finds the divergence of the given vector field, with steps shown.
Type of Material:
Simulation
Recommended Uses:
Lecture Notes, assignments, or Handouts for Calculus III. Students can check their work or, if they are stuck, they can get the divergence of a vector field and have the steps shown for them.
Technical Requirements:
Any browser.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
Find the divergence of a vector field and include the steps that it takes to arrive at the divergence.
Target Student Population:
Students of Calculus III class and other related classes.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Completion of Calculus II course and knowledge of partial derivatives and vector valued functions.
Content Quality
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Strengths:
This site provides users with an online calculator to compute the divergence of a vector field of their choice. Users can also specify a certain point if they want. This site offers a great help for students of Calculus III who want to check the answers of their course assignments and projects when they do practice questions about the divergence of vector field. This site can be included as a part of lecture or as an extra online tutorial for students.
Concerns:
There are very distracting advertisements throughout the site, so students have to scroll through the ads to see the solution.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
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Strengths:
Both instructor and student can use this site in Calculus III in a lecture about the divergence of vector field. Students can ask the owner of the site their questions on one of the topics in the site. There is a (lecture notes) section, but it is under construction at this time. There are solved questions and math problems from various topics in Calculus, Differential Equations, and Linear Algebra. The steps shown are provided in enough detail in order to enhance the learning experience for students who are practicing the calculation of the divergence of a vector field.
Concerns:
It would be helpful to have a link on this site to notes on the divergence of a vector field, how to calculate it and what is its purpose.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
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Strengths:
Students and instructors can access the calculator in this site easily. The entering in of the vector field is basically intuitive and the students just have to click on the "Calculate" button to find the divergence of the vector field that they inputted.
Concerns:
Sometimes calculations can take some time. Also there are no instructions on the syntax of the equations to enter.
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