Mathematics Multimedia Computer Classroom/Lab

这个项目解决了涉及高中数学教学的两个问题。(1)大学代数是为具有广泛数学技能的学生开设的第一门数学课程。他们以前都见过这些材料，很多人做得很差，所以有些人感到无聊，有些人挣扎，许多人变得气馁，并加强了他们对数学的厌恶。本项目将本课程转变为多媒体计算机实验室课程，学生可以单独或小组完成交互式练习册，其中可能包含重点探索环境、视频剪辑、模拟、解释和练习。这些书是用ToolBook和计算机代数系统MathKit编写的，并放在cd - rom上。代替讲课，讲师可以在实验室提供个人帮助和指导。学生可以按照自己的节奏学习模块，准备好后参加能力考试。(2)培养未来的学校数学教师，开设《中学几何》、《中学数学教学》等课程。在这个项目之前，这些职前教师几乎没有使用计算机的经验，除了文字处理器。但是熟练使用计算机作为学习数学的工具得到了NCTM标准的大力支持，现在州教育机构也期望学生能熟练使用计算机。这两门课程都进行了翻新，并在多媒体计算机教室中提供，广泛使用诸如Geometer’s Sketchpad、LOGO、TIM、ToolBook和MathKit等工具。为了支持这些改革，该大学正在购买29台联网多媒体计算机，配有一台服务器和几台机器，供正在为这些创新课程开发材料的教师使用。

This project attacks two problems that involve teaching high school mathematics. (1) College Algebra is the first math course for students with a wide range of mathematical skills. They have all seen the material before, and many did poorly, so some are bored, others flounder, and many become discouraged and reinforced in their dislike of math. This project converts this course into a multimedia computer lab course, where students work individually or in small groups on interactive workbooks that may contain focused exploratory environments, video clips, simulations, explanations, and exercises. These books are being written using ToolBook and the computer algebra system MathKit and put on CD-ROMs. Instead of lecturing, instructors are available in the lab for individual help and guidance. Students are able to work on modules at their own pace, taking proficiency exams when they are ready. (2) The University also trains future teachers of school mathematics, and among the courses they take are Geometry and Teaching Math in the Secondary Schools. Before this project, such preservice teachers had very little experience with using computers, except as word processors. But proficiency with using a computer as a tool for learning math is strongly endorsed by the NCTM Standards and is now expected by state education agencies. Both of these courses are being renovated and offered in a multimedia computer classroom, making extensive use of tools such as Geometer's Sketchpad, LOGO, TIM, ToolBook and MathKit. To support these reforms, the university is purchasing 29 networked multimedia computers with a server and several machines for instructors who are developing materials for these innovative courses.