A Macintosh Laboratory To Enhance Student Learning In Calculus And Undergraduate Mathematics

卡尔文大学数学与计算机科学系 学院正在创建一个Macintosh实验室， 可以使用Mathematica和其他数学软件来做 数学一年级微积分的所有部分 以讲座/实验室形式授课，每周开会三小时 每周一次，每次两小时， 实验室该课程的实验部分正在改进 学生在微积分方面的经验。学生们获得了 对数学思想有更深入、更概念化的理解 因为他们摆脱了一些计算上的 限制，并且可以使用强大的 Mathematica和Macintosh的图形功能。学生 他们两人一组，从而促进合作学习。 实验室配备了19台Macintosh IIvx计算机。 实验室也被用于大多数高级数学 课程，但以不同的方式。非自治领土的学生 课程已经熟悉了软件，所以他们 更独立地工作。他们被定期分配任务 需要他们自己去实验室完成 使用Mathematica进行分配。

The department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Calvin College is creating a Macintosh laboratory in which students can use Mathematica and other mathematical software to do mathematics. All sections of first-year calculus are being taught in a lecture/lab format, meeting three hours per week for lecture and for one two-hour period each week in the laboratory. The laboratory component of the course is improving the student experience in calculus. Students are gaining a deeper, more conceptual understanding of mathematical ideas because they are freed from some of their computational limitations and can visualize more easily using the powerful graphical capability of Mathematica and the Macintosh. Students are working in pairs; thus facilitating cooperative learning. The laboratory is equipped with 19 Macintosh IIvx computers.The laboratory are also being used in most upper-level mathematics courses, but in a somewhat different way. Students in those courses are already familiar with the software, so they are working more independently. They are given regular assignments that require them to go to the lab on their own to complete the assignment using Mathematica.