Development of a Mathematical Modeling Course with Calculator-Based Laboratory (CBL)

使用基于计算器的实验室 (CBL) 开发数学建模课程

• 批准号: 9851562
• 负责人: Frances Kelly
• 金额: $ 1.43万
• 依托单位: Andrew College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-01 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9851562&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; Mathematical; Modeling; Course; Calculator

Andrew College is a small, rural, private, two-year liberal arts college located in Randolph County, Georgia, a county ranked at the very bottom of the socio-economic indicator scale for the state and nation. The problems that are being addressed by this NSF project are low student academic performance and low enrollments in mathematics courses at Andrew College. New instructional technologies are required to improve student performance in math and to increase student options for transfer to four-year colleges and universities. The objective of the project is to develop a new course in mathematical modeling with calculator-based laboratory which will lead to: (1) grade distributions of the math courses in line with or better than the total college grade distribution and (2) increases in the numbers of students who enroll in non-requisite math courses. The methods that are being used to accomplish the objectives are to (1) provide release time for the Project Director (PD) to complete the syllabus for the mathematical modeling course and CBL laboratory experiences, (2) acquire the CBL equipment, (3) provide training for the PD and other math faculty to teach the new course, (4) publicize the new course in the college catalog and other publications, (5) conduct formative and summative evaluation of project activities to measure changes in grade distributions and enrollment in non-requisite math courses, and (6) disseminate the results of the project. The special audiences targeted by the project are the high percentage of rural, first generation, low-income, and minority students enrolled at Andrew College, high school mathematics teachers and 50 Upward Bound participants--all of whom come from six local county school systems ranked the lowest in the state of Georgia. The results of the project are being disseminated through workshops for teachers, regional and state math conferences, in math journals and newsletters, and through publications targeted to liberal arts colleges .

安德鲁学院（Andrew College）是位于佐治亚州伦道夫县（Randolph County）的一所小型农村，私立的两年文科学院，该县位于该州和国家的社会经济指标量表的最低点。该NSF项目正在解决的问题是学生学业表现较低，而安德鲁学院（Andrew College）的数学课程入学率低。需要新的教学技术来提高学生在数学方面的表现，并提高学生选择四年制大学和大学的选择。该项目的目的是通过基于计算器的实验室开发数学建模的新课程，该课程将导致：（1）数学课程的年级分布与大学成绩的总成绩一致或更好，（2）招收非先决条件数学课程的学生人数增加。用于实现目标的方法是（1）为项目主管（PD）提供释放时间，以完成数学建模课程和CBL实验室经验的课程大纲，（2）获得CBL设备，（3）为PD和其他数学教师提供新课程的培训，以宣传新课程，以宣传新课程，（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）（4）5），（4）5），（4）5），（4）5），（4）5），（4）5），（4）5）；成绩分布的变化和非基本数学课程的入学率，以及（6）分发项目的结果。该项目针对的特殊受众群体是在安德鲁学院（Andrew College），高中数学老师和50名向上约束的参与者中招收的农村，第一代，低收入和少数族裔学生的高比例 - 他们来自六个地方县学校系统，排名乔治亚州最低。该项目的结果是通过教师，区域和州数学会议，数学期刊和新闻通讯以及针对自由艺术学院的出版物的讲习班进行传播的。