• Help students learn the program and its commands

Well-organized text completely explains a topic, then uses that information later

• Students encounter complete explanations of new subjects to support learning
• Concepts are reinforced in later when student is asked to apply material to new problems

Subject matter includes script files, 2-D and 3-D plotting, function files, programming (flow control), polynomials, curve fitting, interpolation, and applications in numerical analysis

• Provides a variety of programming tools and techniques that engineers commonly use to solve problems