Project PreCALC: Pre-Calculus as a Laboratory Course

PreCALC 项目：作为实验课程的初级微积分

• 批准号: 9650259
• 负责人: Marcelle Bessman
• 金额: $ 1.56万
• 依托单位: Jacksonville University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-09-01 至 1998-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9650259&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Project; PreCALC; Pre; Calculus; Laboratory

The purpose of Project PreCALC (PreCalculus As a Laboratory Course) is to replace Precalculus Mathematics with a new course, Mathematics of Motion and Change. This new course is designed to serve as a preparation for the technology-intensive, laboratory-based, calculus program and a fulfillment of the mathematical needs of science students for whom this course is intended as preparation for successful articulation of their major curriculum. In addition to the skills content needed for calculus, this course stresses active and cooperative learning and the development of students' written and oral communication skills in mathematics. Each semester, 20 freshmen in the Division of Science and Mathematics are expected to enroll in an experimental section of the Project PreCALC course. In a computer laboratory setting, they use data, graphs, and formulas to explore the concepts of functions, motion, and change. They apply suitable technological tools to finding solutions for real-world problems in the sciences. Through this process, they strengthen their understanding of the role of mathematics in the development and practice of science. Students going on to Calculus I are monitored and compared with other students normally registered for the course. The progress of the other students can be qualitatively and quantitatively monitored with respect to communication and problem-solving skills in their subsequent major course. After 2 years, the project can be evaluated through analysis of students' successful participation in Calculus I or, for students who do not go on to calculus, through assessment of students' abilities to apply the mathematical understanding gained to relevant courses in their majors.

预微积分项目(微积分预科实验课)的目的是用一门新课程《运动与变化的数学》取代《微积分预科数学》。这门新课程旨在为以实验室为基础的技术密集型微积分课程做准备，并满足理科学生的数学需求，该课程旨在为成功衔接其专业课程做准备。除了微积分所需的技能内容外，本课程还强调主动合作学习和发展学生在数学方面的书面和口头交流技能。每学期，科学和数学系的20名大一新生将参加CALC项目预科课程的实验部分。在计算机实验室的环境中，他们使用数据、图表和公式来探索函数、运动和变化的概念。他们应用合适的技术工具为科学中的现实世界问题寻找解决方案。通过这个过程，他们加强了对数学在科学发展和实践中的作用的理解。继续学习微积分I的学生受到监控，并与正常注册的其他学生进行比较。其他学生在随后的主修课程中的沟通和解决问题的技能方面的进步可以得到定性和定量的监测。两年后，可以通过分析学生成功参与微积分I的情况来评估该项目，对于没有继续学习微积分的学生，可以通过评估学生将所获得的数学理解应用于其专业相关课程的能力来进行评估。