Interactive Software to Improve Student Success in Developmental Mathematics

许多学生在发展数学课程中不成功。 造成这种缺乏成功的因素包括：1）学生认为数学是记忆公式和重复程序; 2）学生不熟悉有效的学习技巧和有用的学习资源。 该项目正在开发解决这两个问题的材料。 为了促进概念的理解，正在开发一套数学软件，供课堂使用或个别学生使用。 每一个互动的计算机插图集中在一个单一的主题，从发展算术，测量，或度量几何。 为了解决第二个问题，发展数学课程将与一个学分的课程“学生成功的策略”，其课程包括专门与数学学习有关的学习策略。 除了上述软件工具外，该项目还制作了一份指导教师资源指南和一系列“数学成功”模块，这些材料正在四个学期的时间里得到开发、测试和完善。 目标受众是两年制机构的发展数学学生。该项目是掩体山社区学院和马萨诸塞州艺术学院之间的合作，由马萨诸塞州艺术学院的胡霍恩和掩体山社区学院数学系的乔安妮曼维尔设计和开发软件。

Many students are unsuccessful in developmental mathematics courses. Among the factors contributing to this lack of success are 1) student belief that mathematics is memorization of formulas and replication of procedures and 2) student unfamiliarity with effective study techniques and helpful learning resources. This project is developing materials to address both of these problems. To facilitate conceptual understanding, a collection of mathematics software is being developed for classroom use or individual student use. Each interactive computer illustration focuses on a single topic from developmental arithmetic, measurement, or metric geometry. To address the second problem, the developmental mathematics course will be linked to a one-credit course "Strategies for Student Success" whose curriculum includes study strategies specifically related to mathematics learning. In addition to the software tools mentioned above, this project is producing a companion instructors' resource guide and a series of "Success in Mathematics" modules.The materials are being developed, tested, and refined over four semesters. The target audience is developmental mathematics students at two-year institutions. This project is a collaboration between Bunker Hill Community College and the Massachusetts College of Art with Hu Hohn of the Massachusetts College of Art and Joanne Manville of the Bunker Hill Community College Mathematics Department designing and developing the software.