Mathematica Computer Laboratory Instruction in Calculus

该项目涉及创建一个Mathematica微积分实验室，允许引入一个改革后的，基于实验室的，微积分课程使用杜克/鲍登项目CALC材料。3学期的微积分序列是该项目与科学专业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。该项目的努力，目前以实验室为基础的微积分课程，使数学系和科学系建立在学生的Mathematica的知识，以加强在先进的课程教学。该项目的近期目标是为Mathematica微积分实验室建设一个最佳的硬件/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;向大学和大学预科水平的同事传播关于实验室环境中教学和小组学习数学问题的信息;通过为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，与该地区的五所高中建立新的关系;并将使用惠普48 G图形计算器进行微积分的3年项目的结果与使用Mathematica计算机实验室的结果进行比较。

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.