Fresh Perspectives on Old Topics; A Workshop and Forum for_ College Faculty

在1992年夏天为55名参与者举办的两个研讨会将向本科生数学教师介绍微积分和微积分预科的有趣的新主题，旨在加强核心课程，恢复教师的活力，并引起学生的兴趣。虽然许多例子将使用微型计算机作为工具，但重点将放在数学上。还将包括一位植物病理学家关于混沌在生物学中的应用的讲座，以及一位天文学家关于微积分和行星运动的讲座。该项目的一个重要特点是出版供全国传播的材料。这些内容将补充NSF赞助的《数学课程中技术的使用》一书：《大学教师实验练习和资源手册》。

Two workshops for 55 participants during the summer of 1992 will introduce undergraduate mathematics faculty to interesting new topics in calculus and precalculus designed to enhance the core curriculum, rejuvenate teachers, and interest students. Although many of the examples will use the microcomputer as a tool, the emphasis will be on mathematics. Also included will be lectures by a plant pathologist on applications of chaos in biology and by an astronomer on calculus and planetary motion. An important feature of the project will be the publication of materials for national dissemination. These will supplement the principal investigators' NSF sponsored book 'Uses of Technology in the Mathematics Curriculum': A Manual of Laboratory Exercises and Resources for College Teachers.