Interactive Mathematics Classroom

数学与计算机科学系正在建立一个互动数学教室，包括16个学生工作站和一个教师工作站/文件服务器，所有Macintosh Quadra 700。该项目的目标是让学生使用当前一代的数学软件来获得数学直觉，并将数学理论应用于现实问题。“课堂”使学生能够以传统的纸笔教学方法无法实现的方式进行实例实验，此外，还使那些接受培训的教师能够获得必要的动手操作数学软件的机会。课堂的一个独特的特点是网络软件，具有屏幕共享，以及文件和资源共享。这允许教师和学生之间的自动交互以及高质量的数学软件访问，包括Mathematica和MATLAB。第一批使用互动数学课堂的课程是为未来的K-8教师设计的，包括数字系统、几何和函数。在项目的第二年，课堂将用于增加线性代数、微分方程、数论、几何和线性优化的标准数学教学。

The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is establishing an Interactive Mathematics Classroom, containing 16 student workstations and one teacher workstation/file server, all Macintosh Quadra 700s. The goal of the project is to have students use the current generation of mathematical software to gain mathematical intuition and to apply mathematical theory to realistic problems. The Classroom is enabling students to experiment with examples in ways that are not possible with the traditional pencil-and-paper approach and, in addition, is allowing those who are being trained as teachers to gain needed hands-on exposure to mathematical software. A unique feature of the Classroom is the network software, featuring screen sharing as well as file and resource sharing. This permits automated interaction between instructor and students and high quality access to mathematical software including Mathematica and MATLAB. The first classes to use the Interactive Mathematics Classroom are those designed for prospective K-8 teachers, covering number systems, geometry, and functions. In the second year of the project, the classroom will be used to augment standard mathematics instruction in linear algebra, differential equations, number theory, geometry, and linear optimization.