Promoting Active Learning and Collaboration in Calculus with the Investigative Classroom

数学科学(21)。正在建立一个“调查教室”，为学生提供写作空间、个人访问互联网连接的计算机、协作工作的空间，以及对智能白板的可视访问。这种方法融合了主动学习、学生之间的协作工作、教师引导的电子演示和最少的讲课。相反，在国家科学基金会和其他机构的支持下，正在开展学习活动，利用过去八年来为微积分一和微积分二开发的各种面向应用的材料。课堂上开始的协作调查练习被用来产生长期的小组项目；计算机代数系统Maple和TI-89计算器被用作可视化和探索的辅助工具。

Mathematical Sciences (21). An "investigative classroom" is being established to give students writing space, personal access to Internet connected computers, space for collaborative work, and visual access to a SMART Board. The approach blends active learning, collaborative work among students, instructor led electronic demonstrations, and a minimal amount of lecturing. Instead learning activities are being implemented that exploit a variety of applications-oriented materials developed for calculus I and II over the last eight years under the aegis of NSF and other institutions. Collaborative, investigative exercises that start in class are used to generate longer-term group projects; and a computer algebra system, Maple, and the TI-89 calculator are used as aids to visualization and exploration.