A Computer Laboratory for Mathematics Instruction

数学和统计系正在加强数学本科课程，为学生提供解决复杂和现实问题所需的技术工具。 教师的努力集中在五个关键课程：多元微积分，线性代数，数理统计，数值分析和数学本科研究项目。 这些课程使用Maple，MATLAB和SPSS，目的是帮助学生对数学思想有较强的概念理解，在有意义和复杂的背景下应用数学思想的能力，以及口头和书面清晰传达数学思想的能力。 该项目正在建立一个专门用于数学和统计教学的计算机教室。 该教室由20台计算机组成，这些计算机连接到一台服务器并连接到万维网。 这一设施的增加使得技术密集型数学计划的实施成为可能。该部门以前曾使用计算机设施试点部分的多元微积分，线性代数和数值分析。 修订后的数理统计课程是借鉴教师的经验，在计算机实验室教学基本统计。 该系数学专业学生中有一半准备成为中学数学教师。 该计划影响这些学生在两个直接的方式：（a）通过增加对现代技术的重视，未来的教师的数学和技术技能正在提高和（B）通过积极参与学生在自己的学习，未来的教师正在准备实施NCTM标准，强调在整个课程中适当使用技术。

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics is strengthening the undergraduate program in mathematics by providing students with the technological tools necessary to solve complex and realistic problems. Faculty efforts focus on five key courses: multivariate calculus, linear algebra, mathematical statistics, numerical analysis, and the undergraduate research project in mathematics. These courses are using Maple, MATLAB, and SPSS with the goal of helping students to develop a qtrong conceptual understanding of mathematical ideas, the ability to apply mathematical ideas in meaningful and complex contexts, and the ability to clearly communicate mathematical ideas orally and in writing. This project is establishing a computer classroom dedicated solely to mathematics and statistics instruction. The classroom consists of 20 computers networked to a server and connected to the World Wide Web. The addition of this facility is making possible the implementation of a technology-intensive mathematics program. The department has previously used the computer facilities to pilot sections of multivariate calculus, linear algebra, and numerical analysis. The revised mathematical statistics course is drawing from faculty experiences teaching elementary statistics in a computer laboratory. Half of the mathematics majors in the department are preparing to become secondary mathematics teachers. The program impacts these students in two direct ways: (a) by increasing the emphasis on modern technology, the mathematical and technical skills of future teachers are improving and (b) by actively involving students in their own learning, the future teachers are preparing the implement NCTM standards that emphasize appropriate use of technology throughout the curriculum.