A Computer Classroom at Bryn Mawr College

这个项目将支持建立一个计算机实验室，以改善数学教学的方式，通过使用计算机以一种基本的方式激发概念，并使学生参与数学研究和发现的过程。它是由仪器和实验室改进（ILI）计划资助的，该计划的目标是支持开发新的或改进的基于仪器的科学，数学或工程本科实验课程的项目。仪器和实验室改进计划为美国高校实施本科教学改进所需的仪器提供配套支持。特别是，这个项目的主要目标是通过使用计算机来激发概念，让学生积极参与，从而激发学生对数学的兴趣。这个项目的主要重点将是混沌动力系统这门新课程：(1)旨在吸引对科学和数学感兴趣的广泛学生，(2)被视为结合动力系统和微积分的第一年课程的先驱，(3)将给更广泛的受众带来研究水平数学的兴奋和美丽。已经使用计算机的其他课程也将受到购置新设备的影响。长期目标是提高妇女和少数民族在科学工作队伍中的参与度，以及提高妇女作为具有数学和科学素养的公民在我们社会中发挥的作用。

This project will support the establishment of a computer laboratory in order to improve the manner in which mathematics is taught by using the computer in a fundamental way to motivate concepts and involve students in the process of mathematics research and discovery. It is being funded under the Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement (ILI) Program, which has the goal of supporting projects to develop new or improved instrument-based undergraduate laboratory courses in science, mathematics, or engineering. The Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program provides matching support for the instrumentation necessary to implement undergraduate instructional improvements at U.S. colleges and universities. In particular, the main objective of this project is to engage students' interest in mathematics by using the computer to motivate concepts and to involve students as active participants. The major focus of this project will be a new course in Chaotic Dynamical Systems which: (1) is designed to appeal to a wide spectrum of students interested in science and mathematics, (2) is seen as the precursor of a first-year course that would combine dynamical systems and calculus, and (3) would bring to a much broader audience the excitement and beauty of research-level mathematics. Other courses in which the computer is already used would also be affected by the acquisition of the new equipment. The long-range goal is the improvement of the participation of women and minorities in the scientific workforce, as well as the role women play in our society as mathematically and scientifically literate citizens.