Computer Laboratories in Calculus and Statistics

近年来，一个成功的本科数学课程不能忽视数学与现实世界技术之间的关系，一个成功的课程要求学生积极参与思想的发现。该项目提供了一个数学实验室教室的创建，学生可以利用Macintosh计算机作为工具，积极调查微积分序列和介绍统计。 新的数学实验室通过与软件工具的课堂互动促进主动学习，提供了探索以前没有技术无法实现的现实世界的例子的机会，将教学重点从计算方法转移到更深层次的概念理解，强调这些学科与自然和社会科学中的其他学科之间的联系，并解决了国家对传统数学教学的中肯性的担忧。 该部门目前正在雇用，测试和开发补充材料的项目CALC数学实验室在杜克大学和鲍登学院开发。他们正在利用数据台和为国家科学基金会基于活动的统计项目开发的材料开发和建立统计实验室。这些材料可以使用学生和教师调查相对于当前的材料进行评估。通过这个项目，该部门可以加强与周边农村县高中的关系，并通过夏季讲习班为AP教师提供急需的计算机培训。其他传播计划包括专题介绍和出版物以及使用R-MC名录服务器CRACAS。

It has become obvious, in recent years, that a successful undergraduate mathematics curriculum cannot ignore the relationship between mathematics and real-world technology and that a successful curriculum demands the active participation of students in the discovery of ideas. This project provides for the creation of a mathematics laboratory classroom where students can utilize Macintosh computers as tools for active investigation in the calculus sequence and in introductory statistics. The new mathematics laboratory promotes active learning through classroom interaction with software tools, provides the opportunity to explore real-world examples previously inaccessible without technology, shifts the pedagogical emphasis from computational methods to deeper conceptual understanding, emphasizes the links between these subjects and others in the natural and social sciences, and addresses national concerns about the cogency of traditional mathematics instruction. The department is currently employing, testing, and developing supplemental materials for the Project CALC Mathematica laboratories developed at Duke University and Bowdoin College. They are developing and implementing statistics laboratories using Data Desk and the materials developed for the NSF Activities-Based Statistics project. These materials can be evaluated relative to the current materials using student and faculty surveys. Through this project, the department can strengthen relationships with high schools in the surrounding rural counties and provide AP teachers with much needed computer training through summer workshops. Other dissemination plans include presentations and publications and the use of R-MC listserver CRACAS.