Mathematica Computer Laboratory Instruction in Calculus

该项目包括创建一个数学微积分实验室，以便使用杜克/鲍登项目CALC材料引入经过改革的、以实验室为基础的微积分课程。为期3个学期的微积分课程是该项目与理科专业学生接触的主要来源。数学软件可能是目前可供数学家和科学家使用的最强大的软件。该项目致力于提供以实验室为基础的微积分课程，使数学系和科学系能够在学生数学知识的基础上加强高级课程的教学。该项目的近期目标是为数学微积分实验室建立一个最佳的硬件/软件教学环境，学生可以在那里使用杜克大学、鲍登学院和罗克赫斯特学院开发的微积分材料；向大学和预科水平的同事传播关于实验室环境中的教学和小组学习数学问题的信息；通过向这些机构的教职员工和学生提供基于实验室经验的微积分工作坊，与该地区的五所高中建立新的关系；以及比较使用惠普48G微积分图形计算器和使用数学计算机实验室的项目为期3年的结果。

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.