Calculus Workshops and Conferences

该提案是一个计划项目，该项目将每月举行一系列为期两天的微积分会议和研讨会，参加会议的有大学、社区学院、高中微积分教师以及行业代表。这项工作将由Shair Ahmad教授领导，他是一位非常有能力和成就的数学家。它将包括来自迈阿密大学、戴德县社区学院和戴德县公立学校的数学教员。研讨会将集中讨论计算机和计算器的作用、教科书、与其他学科的相关性、概念理解以及强调当今技术的开发练习。讨论将由熟悉有关主题的现有文献的准备充分的个人组成的小组领导。将鼓励与会者在他们自己的机构内进行类似的讨论。

The proposal is for a planning project that will hold a monthly series of two-day conferences and workshops on calculus to be attended by universities, community colleges, and high school calculus instructors -- as well as industrial representatives. The effort will be headed by Professor Shair Ahmad, an extremely able and accomplished mathematician. It will include mathematics faculty members from the University of Miami, Dade County Community College and the Dade County Public Schools. The seminars will concentrate on the role of computers and calculators, textbooks, relevance to other disciplines, conceptual understanding, and developing exercises that stress current day technology. The discussions will be led by small groups of well- prepared individuals familiar with the existing literature on the subjects. The participants will be encouraged to carry on similar discussions in their own institutions.