Computer-Aided Interactive Calculus at Illinois Wesleyan University

伊利诺伊卫斯理大学的数学正从微积分前 到微积分水平的课程。去年，超过78%的新生 被建议开始他们的数学在一个微积分 课程为了让微积分的经验更丰富， 对一般学生有意义，他们提供 新生微积分体验的几种途径。后 一个积极的实验，涉及正在开发的软件， 伊利诺伊大学通过“微积分和 Mathematica”项目，系内新增了三门课程 序列，微积分/数学，其产品在春季 在1992年。该部门正在修改和调整 伊利诺伊大学的软件，以适应不同的 观众和这个机构的课程目标。因为在 这种新的方法来教学和学习微积分， 键盘和屏幕正在取代笔和纸，它们现在 在实验室里举行所有的课堂会议，在那里讲课， 家庭作业和考试都是在 电脑 新的计算机使得数学 部门继续减少时间， 教师花时间讲课，而不是引导学生 培养掌握材料所需的洞察力。

Mathematics at Illinois Wesleyan is shifting from precalculus to calculus level courses. Last year, over 78% of the freshmen were advised to begin their mathematics in one of the calculus courses. In an attempt to make the calculus experience more meaningful to the general student population, they are offering several avenues through the freshman calculus experience. After a positive experiment involving software under development at the University of Illinois through the "Calculus and Mathematica" project, the Department added a three course sequence, Calculus/Mathematica, to its offerings in the spring of 1992. The department is modifying and adapting the University of Illinois software to accommodate the different audience and the course goals of this institution. Because in this new approach to the teaching and learning of calculus, the keyboard and screen is replacing pen and paper, they are now holding all class meetings in the lab, where lectures, homework, and tests are being done with the aide of the computer. The new computers are allowing the mathematics department to continue to reduce the amount of time that the instructor spends lecturing instead of guiding the students to develop the necessary insight needed to master the material.