tracking the solver



hi,
I generaly know, what Maxima is up to,
but I am interested is it possible to track the solver as the problem is 
beeing solved
can I get step by step output (as we are taught in calculus studies) 
instead of just the final answer?

the idea behind this is that I want to proove to our lecturers, that 
swotting the formulas and the methods is no big use in XXI age.
The two first semesters of higher math is mainly swoting the methods and 
no big creativity -  I'd even say, why are we taught to invent bicycles?

-- 
Jurgis Pralgauskis
Don't worry, be happy :) and make things better ;)