Mathematica Computer Laboratory Instruction in Calculus

该项目包括创建一个Mathematica微积分实验室，以引入一个改革后的、基于实验室的微积分课程，使用杜克/鲍登项目CALC材料。三个学期的微积分课程是该项目与理工科学生接触的主要来源。Mathematica可能是目前数学家和科学家使用的最强大的软件。该项目努力提供一门基于实验室的微积分课程，使数学系和理学系能够以学生的Mathematica知识为基础，加强高级课程的教学。该项目的直接目标是为Mathematica微积分实验室构建一个最佳的硬件/软件教学环境，学生可以使用杜克大学、鲍登学院和罗克赫斯特学院开发的微积分材料；在实验室环境中向大学和大学预科的同事传播有关数学教学和小组学习的信息；与该地区的五所高中建立新的关系，为来自这些机构的教师和学生提供基于实验室经验的微积分研讨会；并比较了在微积分中使用惠普48G图形计算器和使用Mathematica计算机实验室的计算器的3年项目的结果。

This project involves the creation of a Mathematica calculus laboratory to allow for the introduction of a reformed, laboratory-based, calculus course using the Duke/Bowdoin Project CALC materials. The 3-semester calculus sequence is the project's major source of contact with science majors. Mathematica is perhaps the most powerful piece of software currently available for use by mathematicians and scientists. The project's effort to present a laboratory-based calculus course enables the mathematics department and the science departments to build on the students' knowledge of Mathematica to enhance instruction in advanced courses. The project's immediate goals are construction of an optimum hardware/software teaching environment for a Mathematica calculus laboratory where students can use the calculus materials developed at Duke University, Bowdoin College, and Rockhurst College; dissemination of information regarding issues of teaching and group-learning mathematics in a laboratory environment to colleagues at both the collegiate and precollegiate level; forging of new relationships with five high schools in the area by offering calculus workshops based on laboratory experiences to faculty and students from those institutions; and comparison of the results of a 3-year project using Hewlett-Packard 48G graphing calculators in calculus with those using a Mathematica computer laboratory.