A National Model for Engineering Mathematics Education

这个CCLI第二阶段扩展项目是为了解决工程类课程中由于传统的新生微积分序列经常遇到的问题而导致的工程类课程的减员问题。这个项目将用一个新的一年级水平的工程数学课程来取代这个序列，这个课程涵盖了核心工程课程中使用的及时的、突出的数学主题。工程学院教授这门新的数学课程，并通过在核心工程课程中的直接应用来激发所有数学主题。这种模式允许学生在不先完成传统微积分序列的情况下，在工程课程中取得进步。该模式还将一些二年级水平的工程课程安排在大一，并将修改后的工程数学序列移至课程后面的课程中，由数学系教授。三所大学正在测试这一新模式，并确定它是否能提高学生的留存能力、积极性和工程方面的成功。该项目正在通过对学生在工程方面的留存、动力和成功程度的定量和定性测量相结合的方法进行评估，特别强调学生在随后的数学和工程课程中的学习。该项目正在通过编写一本新教科书、举办教师专业发展讲习班、建立一个网站以及向区域高中进行宣传来传播。

This CCLI Phase 2 Expansion Project is addressing attrition in engineering programs due to the problems incoming engineering students often have with the traditional freshman calculus sequence. This project is replacing this sequence with a novel freshman-level engineering mathematics class that covers just-in-time, salient mathematics topics used in core engineering courses. Engineering faculty are teaching this new mathematics course and motivating all mathematical topics by their direct application in core engineering courses. This model is allowing students to advance in the engineering curriculum without first completing the traditional calculus sequence. The model is also placing some sophomore-level engineering courses in the freshman year and moving a revised engineering mathematics sequence, to be taught by the math department, later in the curriculum. Three universities are testing the new model and determining whether it increases student retention, motivation, and success in engineering. The project is being assessed through a combination of quantitative and qualitative measures of student retention, motivation and success in engineering, with particular emphasis on student learning in subsequent math and engineering courses. The project is being disseminated through the development of a new textbook, faculty professional development workshops, a website, and outreach to regional high schools.