Multimedia Mathematical Computation in Undergraduate Instruction

通过该项目，正在开发一个新的计算机设施，以：1)支持各级多媒体材料的使用；2)为高年级学生提供工具，提高他们的就业能力。自上世纪八十年代初以来，该系一直使用计算机来帮助学生将教授的数学概念形象化。然而，该系最近发现自己无法在教学中利用现代多媒体工具，无论是为学生为日益以计算机为导向的就业市场做准备，还是让最早的课程更容易为警惕的学生所接受。此外，学生们使用的设备与他们毕业后可能使用的设备甚至一点也不相似。该项目是解决这一问题的一种尝试。

Through this project a new computer facility is being developed to: 1) support the use of multimedia materials at all levels, and 2) provide senior students tools that will enhance their employability. From a time early in the decade of the 1980s, the department has employed computers to assist students in visualizing the mathematics concepts taught. However, the department has recently found itself unable to avail itself of modern multimedia tools in instruction, either in preparing students for a progressively more computer-oriented job market or in making the earliest courses more palatable to wary students. Moreover, students are not using equipment that is even remotely similar to what they will likely use after they graduate. This project represents an attempt to address this concern.