Improving and Implementing Technology in Calculus with Advanced Placement Teachers: A National Force for Change

与大学先修教师一起改进和实施微积分技术：变革的国家力量

• 批准号: 9153852
• 负责人: John Kenelly
• 金额: $ 97.99万
• 依托单位: Clemson University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-09-01 至 1998-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9153852&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improving; Implementing; Technology; Calculus; Advanced

Clemson University Foundation will conduct a four-year program to develop materials that can be used to train AP calculus teachers and to help them successfully implement the use of graphing calculators in their calculus instruction. Four sets of materials will be developed: a) a set of references, b) a set of workshop materials, c) a set of instructional examples, and d) a set of prototypic test items. Criteria for which areas of calculus materials will be developed are the importance of the calculus concepts in the AP calculus syllabus, instruction of the concepts may be significantly changed when graphing calculators are used, and the set of currently available reference materials does not sufficiently explore the use of graphing calculators in teaching the concepts. Clemson University, as the site of the AP Calculus reading, will use the materials developed to create a cadre of 350 high school and college mathematics teachers, themselves AP calculus readers, who will be trained and well-equipped as a national team of AP Calculus workshop leaders. The training will consist of 9 days of summer institutes held over the four year period. It is anticipated that in the next four years, these workshops leaders will deliver over a thousand workshops for approximately twenty thousand second-wave calculus teachers. The emphasis is on the implementation of the graphing calculator in calculus curriculum because the AP Calculus Committee of the College Board has issued policy statements to the effect that beginning in May 1993 (May 1995), both the Calculus AB and Calculus BC examinations will contain questions for which a scientific (graphing) calculator is necessary of advantageous. Clemson University, the College Board, Educational Testing Service, Hewlett Packard, and Texas Instruments cost-sharing account for 119% of the NSF budget. The project has the potential for improving the conceptual and problem-solving content of existing high school calculus courses through enhancing calculus teachers' capacities to incorporate computing technologies into their courses. If any institution can have an impact on introducing technology into the teaching of secondary school calculus, it may well be the College Board. And Dr. Kenelly's connections with the AP Program and his long experience with the College Board are key strengths of this proposal.

克莱姆森大学基金会将进行一项为期四年的计划，以开发可用于培训AP微积分教师的材料，并帮助他们在微积分教学中成功地使用图形计算器。将编写四套材料：a)一套参考资料，b)一套研讨会材料，c)一套教学范例，d)一套原型测试项目。将制定微积分材料领域的标准是AP微积分教学大纲中微积分概念的重要性，当使用图形计算器时，概念的指导可能会发生重大变化，并且当前可用的参考材料集没有充分探讨在教授概念时使用图形计算器。克莱姆森大学作为AP微积分阅读的地点，将利用开发的材料创建一支由350名高中和大学数学教师组成的干部队伍，他们本身就是AP微积分读者，他们将接受培训并装备精良，成为AP微积分研讨会负责人的国家队。培训将包括为期9天的为期四年的暑期研习班。预计在未来四年内，这些工作坊负责人将为大约2万名第二波微积分教师举办一千多个工作坊。重点是在微积分课程中实施图形计算器，因为大学理事会的AP微积分委员会已经发布了政策声明，大意是从1993年5月(1995年5月)开始，微积分AB和微积分BC考试都将包含一些需要使用科学(绘图)计算器的问题。克莱姆森大学、大学理事会、教育考试服务公司、惠普公司和德州仪器公司的费用分摊占NSF预算的119%。该项目有可能通过提高微积分教师将计算技术纳入其课程的能力来改进现有高中微积分课程的概念和解决问题的内容。如果说有哪一家机构能够在将技术引入中学微积分教学方面发挥作用，那么它很可能就是大学理事会。肯利博士与AP计划的关系以及他在大学理事会的长期经验是这项提议的关键优势。