Mathematics Teaching Laboratory

技术的发展为数学的教学和学习开辟了一个巨大的机会领域。 当前数学教育改革运动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，数学系正在适应，实施，并通过课堂测试，通过NSF微积分项目，包括新墨西哥州数学研究项目和线性代数模块项目（LAMP）开发的材料进行评估。他们正在使用Maple V将计算机技术集成到微积分课程中。此外，业余教师正在使用诸如几何画板之类的软件来测试NSF资助的小学和中学课程。这个项目的中心目标之一是进一步加深学生对数学思想的理解，然后将这些思想应用于解决问题。 通过计算机技术使学生能够容易地获得数学概念的多种表示，这是朝着这个方向迈出的重要一步。数学教学实验室（MTL）提供了技术基础设施，使该机构可以在数学教学方式上实现根本性的变革。 计算机技术正在被交织到，而不是简单地添加到，在数学课程的教学。学生们正在积极参与学习过程，因为他们体验数学探究和发现。 个人和小组项目正在磨练学生解决问题的能力，以及他们的口头和书面沟通技巧。 面向中小学教育的教育软件，如Geometer's Sketchpad、Logo和MathView，正在MTL中使用，不仅用于向未来的中小学教师教授数学概念，而且还指导他们学习适合他们进入教学阶段时可用的技术教具的教学法。

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.