Newton: An Interactive Environment For Exploring Calculus

9352839 Lamagna正在为学习微积分的学生开发一个计算环境。该系统被称为牛顿（以前的微积分伴侣），在麦金塔电脑上运行，将符号和数值计算与交互式计算机图形结合起来。公式很容易编辑和操作，看起来和教科书上的一模一样；数学运算是从菜单中选择的。互动式对话已经建立，以引导学生通过重要的计算技术。一系列的发现风格的实验室被用来说明微积分的概念使用软件。这种方法使学生能够集中精力学习微积分，同时将他们从繁琐和容易出错的计算中解放出来。特别注意使用该系统作为创建交互式教学材料的工具，并找到利用这种方法对学生学习的优势的方法。

9352839 Lamagna A computational environment for students of calculus is being developed. The system, called Newton (formerly The Calculus Companion), runs on Macintosh computers and combines symbolic and numerical computation with interactive computer graphics. Formulas are easily edited and manipulated, appearing exactly as they do in textbooks; mathematical operations are selected from menus. Interactive dialogues have been constructed to guide students through important computational techniques. A series of discovery style laboratories are used to illustrate the concepts of calculus using the software. This approach enables students to concentrate on learning calculus, while freeing them from tedious and error-- prone calculations. Particular attention is given to the use of the system as a vehicle for creating interactive teaching materials, and to finding ways to exploit the advantages that this approach can have on student learning.