An Integrated Calculus Laboratory

加州大学伯克利分校正在为一个计算机课实验室开发课件，这是一个新的四学期微积分序列的核心特征。学生们每周花三个小时在这个计算机实验室里，在训练有素的研究生教师的指导下，以25人为一组，使用课件进行工作。这项实验工作与三个小时的讲课完全结合在一起，采用传统的大班形式。该课件由详细的教案和工作表以及在MatLab中的实施组成。该实验课件试图平衡个人和小组作业，整合计算机、纸和铅笔作业，并与现有的传统课程整合。此外，整个项目是在系内创建一个基础设施，使所有教职员工都可以轻松地在这些新课程中授课。该项目特别注重对研究生教师的适当培训。该项目正在与伯克利的职业发展计划合作，通过采用旨在提高高风险学生在这些关键门户课程中的成功率的要素。项目成果正通过演示文稿、万维网网站和商业出版物广泛传播。

The University of California Berkeley is developing courseware for a computer class laboratory that is a central feature of a new four-semester calculus sequence. Students spend three hours a week in this computer laboratory working in groups of 25 using the courseware with a trained Graduate Student Instructor. This laboratory work is fully integrated with three hours of lectures in a traditional large class format. The courseware consists of detailed lesson plans and worksheets together with implementation in MatLab. The laboratory courseware attempts to balance individual and group work, integrates computer and paper and pencil work, and integrates with an existing traditional curriculum. Further, the overall project is creating an infrastructure in the department that makes it inviting and easy for all faculty to teach in these new courses. The project pays particular attention to the proper training of the Graduate Student Instructors. The project is collaborating with the Professional Development Program at Berkeley by featuring elements that are aimed at improving the success rates of at-risk students in these key gateway courses. Project results are being widely disseminated through presentations, a World Wide Web site, and commercial publication.