Summer Seminars on Workshop Calculus: Using Interactive Methods and Technology to Teach Fundamental Concepts to Mathematically-at-Risk Students

这个项目是为那些正在寻找新的教学方法和技术的新用途的教员而设计的，用来向数学高危学生教授微积分，这些学生不准备进入传统的微积分序列，但需要获得基本的微积分概念，以便在其他学科中使用或进一步研究数学。该项目基于Dickinson学院开发的研讨会微积分计划，该计划得到了改进高等教育基金(FIPSE)和国家科学基金会(NSF)的支持。在1996年和1997年的夏季举办为期一周的工作坊微积分沉浸研讨会，每年夏天邀请24人参加。暑期研讨会的主要目的是为与会者提供必要的背景和支持，使讲习班的微积分材料适用于他们自己的环境，并建立必要的联系，帮助他们成功地实施他们的项目。为了帮助实现这一目标，学员将：(1)学会使用互动式教学方法，如引导式探究、协作学习和体验式学习周期--即使用研讨会方法--来加强学生的学习；(2)获得使用技术的经验--包括计算机代数系统、数学编程语言ISETL和基于微型计算机的实验室工具--帮助学生理解微积分的基本概念；以及(3)定制研讨会微积分教材，供其家庭机构使用，并设计他们自己的以研讨会为基础的课程；以及(4)改进现有的评估工具，以分析研讨会方法对其所在机构的学生的态度和学习成果的影响。

This project is intended for faculty who are searching for new pedagogical approaches and new uses of technology to teach calculus to mathematically-at-risk students--students who are not prepared to enter the traditional calculus sequence, but need to acquire fundamental calculus concepts for use in other disciplines or further study of mathematics. The project is based on the Workshop Calculus program, developed at Dickinson College with support from the Fund for Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). One-week Workshop Calculus immersion seminars are being offered in the summers of 1996 and 1997, with twenty-four participants invited each summer. The primary purpose of the summer seminars is to provide participants with the necessary background and support to adapt the Workshop Calculus materials for use in their own environments, and to forge the necessary liaisons to help them successfully implement their projects. To help accomplish this, participants will: (1) learn to use interactive teaching methods such as guided inquiry, collaborative learning and experiential learning cycles--that is, to use the workshop approach--to enhance student learning; (2) gain experience using technology--including a computer algebra system, the mathematical programming language ISETL, and Microcomputer-Based-Laboratory tools--to help students understand fundamental calculus concepts; and (3) customize Workshop Calculus instructional materials for use at their home institutions and design their own workshop-based courses; and (4) refine existing assessment tools to analyze the impact of the workshop approach on the attitudes and learning gains of students at their institutions.