A Mathematical Software Environment On A Personal Digital Assistant

这个小企业创新研究第一阶段项目将研究开发一个数学软件环境在高中课堂使用的可行性。设计理念将由全国数学教师理事会（NCTM）的课程和评价标准的学校数学和软件系统将运行在个人数字助理（PDA）。该系统的主要组成部分将包括：几何草图设施、代数处理、数值计算、三角计算和绘图。所有这些组成部分将相互作用，并将通过适合高中学生使用的用户界面访问。该项目将在教师和高中学生的帮助下评估这些组成部分，随后产生适合在第二和第三阶段实施的软件架构设计。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will examine the feasibility of developing a mathematical software environment for classroom use in high schools. The design philosophy will be driven by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics and the software system will run on a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA.) Major components of the system will include: a geometry sketching facility, algebraic manipulation, numerical calculation, trigonometric evaluations and graphing. All these components will interact with each other and will be accessed via a user interface suitable for use by high-school students. The project will evaluate these components with the aid of teachers and high school students and, subsequently, produce a software architectural design suitable for implementation in Phases II and III.