Undergraduate Mathematics at a Public Research University

9455960克莱门斯犹他大学建议探索一种本科生数学教育模式，使教师/研究人员与大学内外的数学“用户”团队建立合作伙伴关系，目的是增加数学能力，并了解学生在广泛的学科和专业生涯中数学的相关性。基于对学生学习的现代研究，我们大学通识教育课程改革创造的机会，以及接触其他学科的新决心，该大学提议建立9个跨学科团队。每个人都将负责开发和团队教授本科数学课程，或者通过创建模块或特殊单元来修改现有课程。这些课程将通过团队“外部”成员的学科问题，以及来自其他科学、工程、经济或商业的问题，来开发一个数学主题。这些课程的课程和教学风格将受到团队接触“实践”体验、小组工作的使用和面向问题的学习的影响。

9455960 Clemens The University of Utah proposes to explore a model for undergraduate mathematics education which brings teacher/researchers into partnerships with teams of "users" of mathematics, both within and outside the university, with the goal of increasing mathematical power and an understanding of the relevance of mathematics of students in a wide spectrum of disciplines and professional careers. Building on modern research on student learning, opportunities created by our university's reform of its liberal education curriculum, and a new determination to reach out to other disciplines, the university proposes to create nine cross-disciplinary teams. Each will be charged with developing and team teaching an undergraduate mathematics course, or modifying an existing course by the creation of modules or special units. These courses would develop a mathematical theme through problems from the discipline of the "outside" members of the team, from the other sciences, engineering, economics or business. Curricula and teaching styles in these courses will be influenced by exposure of the teams to "hands-on" experiences, the use of small group work, and problem oriented learning.