Integrated Use of Computer Activities to Enhance Understanding in Introductory Discrete Mathematics and Calculus Courses

综合使用计算机活动来增强对离散数学和微积分入门课程的理解

• 批准号: 8852360
• 负责人: Ed Dubinsky
• 金额: $ 4.75万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-11-15 至 1990-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8852360&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrated; Use; Computer; Activities; Enhance

This project will support the establishment of a microcomputer laboratory which will be an integral part of a program to improve the beginning mathematics education of undergraduates in science, engineering, and secondary education at Purdue University. It is being funded under the Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement (ILI) Program, which has the stated goal of improving "the quality of the undergraduate curriculum by supporting projects to develop new or improved instrument-based undergraduate laboratory and/or field courses in science, mathematics, or engineering." In particular, this laboratory will be a key element in the development of a computer-based discrete mathematics course for pre-service high school teachers and in the design of a calculus sequence appropriate for large classes. Types of computer activities and approaches will include the use of symbolic manipulation and graphics and the performance of tasks designed to encourage cognitive development.

该项目将支持建立一个微型计算机实验室，该实验室将成为普渡大学改善科学、工程和中等教育本科生初级数学教育计划的一个组成部分。该项目由仪器和实验室改进计划（ILI）资助，该计划的目标是“通过支持开发新的或改进的基于仪器的本科实验室和/或科学、数学或工程领域课程的项目，提高本科课程的质量”。特别地，这个实验室将是为职前高中教师开发基于计算机的离散数学课程和设计适合大班的微积分序列的关键因素。计算机活动和方法的类型将包括使用符号操作和图形以及执行旨在鼓励认知发展的任务。