Instructional Laboratory for Teaching Experimental Mathematics

实验数学教学实验室

• 批准号: 8952446
• 负责人: Ulf Grenander
• 金额: $ 1.94万
• 依托单位: Brown University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-10-15 至 1992-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8952446&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Instructional; Laboratory; Teaching; Experimental; Mathematics

This project will support the purchase of computing equipment which will be used to enhance a course in applied mathematics which emphasizes software for mathematical experiments. It is being funded under the Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement (ILI) Program, which has the 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, the purposes of the course which will be supported are (1) to encourage an experimental attitude towards mathematics in the students, by using the computer as a laboratory for strengthening intuitive insight, suggesting conjectures, and illuminating theory, (2) to deepen the understanding of theoretical concepts and methods by motivating students by what they learn experimentally, and (3) to make students appreciate the relation between mathematical analysis and the algorithmic/computational activities made possible by current advances in computer technology.

该项目将支持购买计算设备，用于加强应用数学课程，该课程强调数学实验软件。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仪器为基础的本科实验室和/或科学、数学或工程领域课程的项目来提高本科课程的质量。特别是，这门课程的目的是(1)鼓励学生对数学的实验态度，通过将计算机作为实验室来加强直觉洞察力，提出猜想，并阐明理论；(2)通过实验来激励学生，加深对理论概念和方法的理解；(3)使学生理解数学分析与当前计算机技术进步所带来的算法/计算活动之间的关系。