Computer Demonstrations in Undergraduate Mathematics Classes

该项目将支持购买设备，使本科生数学课程的讲师能够将计算机演示融入他们的讲课。它是由仪器和实验室改进(ILI)计划资助的，该计划的目标是支持开发新的或改进的基于仪器的科学、数学或工程本科实验室课程的项目。仪器设备和实验室改进计划为在美国高校实施本科教学改进所需的仪器设备提供配套支持。特别是，这个项目的主要目标是使教师能够展示更现实的例子，并演示他们希望学生使用的程序和语言的使用。本项目课程的目标改进部分是为理工科专业设计的一组以应用为重点的课程。受影响的课程包括微分方程式、傅里叶分析、线性代数、数值分析、线性规划、组合学和数论。

This project will support the purchase of equipment which will enable instructors of undergraduate mathematics courses to integrate computer demonstrations into their lectures. It is being funded under the Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement (ILI) Program, which has the goal of supporting projects to develop new or improved instrument-based undergraduate laboratory courses in science, mathematics, or engineering. The Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program provides matching support for the instrumentation necessary to implement undergraduate instructional improvements at U.S. colleges and universities. In particular, the main objective of this project is to enable instructors to show more realistic examples and demonstrate the use of the programs and languages they expect their students to use. The part of the curriculum targeted for improvement in this project is a group of courses with an applications emphasis designed for science and engineering majors. The courses to be affected include differential equations, Fourier analysis, linear algebra, numerical analysis, linear programming, combinatorics, and number theory.