Mathematics Teaching Laboratory

技术的发展为数学的教与学开辟了广阔的机会领域。在改革数学教育的运动中，当前的当务之急之一是适当地利用计算机技术的力量来帮助学生综合数学概念的符号、数字和图形意义。在该项目中，数学系正在通过课堂测试调整、实施和评估由NSF微积分项目开发的材料，这些项目包括新墨西哥数学研究项目和线性代数模块项目（LAMP）。他们正在使用Maple v将计算机技术整合到微积分程序中。此外，职前教师正在使用诸如Geometer’s Sketchpad之类的软件来测试NSF资助的中小学课程。该项目的中心目标之一是进一步加深学生对数学思想的洞察力，然后将这些思想应用于解决问题。通过计算机技术为学生提供易于获得的数学概念的多种表示是朝着这个方向迈出的重要一步。数学教学实验室（MTL）正在提供技术基础设施，在此基础上，学校可以对数学教学方式进行根本性的改变。计算机技术正被融入到数学课程的教学中，而不是简单地添加到数学课程的教学中。学生在体验数学探究和发现的过程中积极地参与到学习过程中。个人和小组项目是磨练学生解决问题的能力，以及他们的口头和书面沟通能力。面向小学和中学教育的教育软件，如Geometer’s Sketchpad、Logo和MathView，在MTL中不仅用于向未来的小学和中学教师教授数学概念，而且还用于指导他们在进入教学过程中使用适合技术教学辅助工具的教学法。

Developments in technology have opened a tremendous realm of opportunities for the teaching and learning of mathematics. One of the current imperatives within the movement to reform mathematics education is to appropriately utilize the power of computer technology to aid students with the synthesis of the symbolic, the numerical, and graphical meanings of mathematical concepts. In the project, the mathematics faculty are adapting, implementing, and evaluating through class testing, materials developed through the NSF calculus projects including the New Mexico Research Projects in Mathematics and the Linear Algebra Modules Project (LAMP). They are integrating computer technology into the calculus program using Maple V. In addition, preservice teachers are using software such as Geometer's Sketchpad to test NSF funded elementary and middle school curricula. One of the central goals of this project is to further students' insight into the ideas of mathematics and then apply these ideas to problem solving. Making multiple representations of mathematical concepts readily available to students through computer technology is providing a significant step in this direction. A Mathematical Teaching Laboratory (MTL) is providing the technological infrastructure within which the institution can implement fundamental changes in the way mathematics is taught. Computer technology is being interwoven into, as opposed to simply added onto, the instruction of courses within the mathematics program. Students are being actively engaged in the learning process as they experience mathematical inquiry and discovery. Individual and group projects are sharpening students' problem solving skills as well as their verbal and written communications skills. Educational software geared towards elementary and secondary education such as Geometer's Sketchpad, Logo, and MathView are being utilized in the MTL not only to teach mathematical concepts to future elementary and secondary teachers, but also to guide them towards pedagogy appropriate for the technological teaching aids that will be available to them as they enter teaching.