Computer-Aided Interactive Calculus at Illinois Wesleyan University

伊利诺伊州卫斯理大学的数学课程正在从微积分基础课程转向微积分水平课程。去年，超过78%的新生被建议从其中一门微积分课程开始数学学习。为了使微积分体验对普通学生群体更有意义，他们提供了几种途径来体验新生微积分。在伊利诺伊大学通过“微积分和数学”项目正在开发的软件进行了一次积极的试验之后，该部于1992年春在其课程中增加了一个三门课程序列--微积分/数学。该部门正在修改和调整伊利诺伊大学的软件，以适应不同的受众和该机构的课程目标。因为在微积分这种教和学的新方法中，键盘和屏幕正在取代纸和笔，他们现在在实验室里举行所有的班会，在那里，讲课、作业和考试都是在计算机的辅助下完成的。新的计算机使数学系能够继续减少讲师花在讲课上的时间，而不是指导学生发展掌握材料所需的必要洞察力。

Mathematics at Illinois Wesleyan is shifting from precalculus to calculus level courses. Last year, over 78% of the freshmen were advised to begin their mathematics in one of the calculus courses. In an attempt to make the calculus experience more meaningful to the general student population, they are offering several avenues through the freshman calculus experience. After a positive experiment involving software under development at the University of Illinois through the "Calculus and Mathematica" project, the Department added a three course sequence, Calculus/Mathematica, to its offerings in the spring of 1992. The department is modifying and adapting the University of Illinois software to accommodate the different audience and the course goals of this institution. Because in this new approach to the teaching and learning of calculus, the keyboard and screen is replacing pen and paper, they are now holding all class meetings in the lab, where lectures, homework, and tests are being done with the aide of the computer. The new computers are allowing the mathematics department to continue to reduce the amount of time that the instructor spends lecturing instead of guiding the students to develop the necessary insight needed to master the material.