Summer Seminars on Workshop Calculus: Using Interactive Methods and Technology to Teach Fundamental Concepts to Mathematically-at-Risk Students

微积分研讨会夏季研讨会：使用交互式方法和技术向数学有问题的学生教授基本概念

• 批准号: 9554684
• 负责人: Nancy Baxter Hastings
• 金额: $ 6.99万
• 依托单位: Dickinson College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-11-01 至 1997-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9554684&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Summer; Seminars; Workshop; Calculus; Using

This project is intended for faculty who are searching for new pedagogical approaches and new uses of technology to teach calculus to mathematically-at-risk students--students who are not prepared to enter the traditional calculus sequence, but need to acquire fundamental calculus concepts for use in other disciplines or further study of mathematics. The project is based on the Workshop Calculus program, developed at Dickinson College with support from the Fund for Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). One-week Workshop Calculus immersion seminars are being offered in the summers of 1996 and 1997, with twenty-four participants invited each summer. The primary purpose of the summer seminars is to provide participants with the necessary background and support to adapt the Workshop Calculus materials for use in their own environments, and to forge the necessary liaisons to help them successfully implement their projects. To help accomplish this, participants will: (1) learn to use interactive teaching methods such as guided inquiry, collaborative learning and experiential learning cycles--that is, to use the workshop approach--to enhance student learning; (2) gain experience using technology--including a computer algebra system, the mathematical programming language ISETL, and Microcomputer-Based-Laboratory tools--to help students understand fundamental calculus concepts; and (3) customize Workshop Calculus instructional materials for use at their home institutions and design their own workshop-based courses; and (4) refine existing assessment tools to analyze the impact of the workshop approach on the attitudes and learning gains of students at their institutions.

该项目旨在为教师谁正在寻找新的教学方法和技术的新用途，教微积分风险的学生-谁不准备进入传统的微积分序列的学生，但需要获得基本的微积分概念，用于其他学科或数学的进一步研究。 该项目是基于工作坊微积分程序，在迪金森学院开发的支持下，从改善中学后教育基金（FIPSE）和国家科学基金会（NSF）。 1996年和1997年夏季举办为期一周的微积分沉浸式研讨会，每年夏季邀请24名参加者。 夏季研讨会的主要目的是为参与者提供必要的背景和支持，以适应车间微积分材料在自己的环境中使用，并建立必要的联络，以帮助他们成功地实施他们的项目。 为了达到这个目标，参加者将：（1）学习使用互动教学方法，如引导探究、协作学习和体验学习周期，即使用工作坊方法，以提高学生的学习效果;（2）获得使用技术的经验--包括计算机代数系统、数学编程语言ISETL，和微机为基础的实验室工具-帮助学生理解基本的微积分概念;和（3）定制车间微积分教学材料，在他们的家庭机构使用，并设计自己的车间为基础的课程;及（4）改善现有的评估工具，以分析工作坊模式对学生的态度及学习成效的影响。