Experiencing Geometry: Enhancing Prospective Elementary and Middle School Teacher

该项目旨在为未来的中小学教师提供发展和利用自己的意象和空间感的机会。特别是，陶森大学数学系正在修改面向中小学教师的几何教学方式，在数学内容课程中引入计算机技术。该项目的目标是为未来的教师建立一个计算机教室，用于这门创新的几何课程。教室里将安装16台装有相应几何软件的台式电脑。这些电脑也会连上互联网，以便充分利用现有的电子资料，包括我们正在开发的网上资料。额外的笔记本电脑将允许教师演示和学生在常规教室分享他们的想法。数据将被收集来确定计算技术在几何课程中的使用方式和频率。我们的讲师所提供的课程活动将提供给陶森和其他机构的其他教师。

This project is designed to provide prospective elementary and middle school teachers the opportunity to develop and utilize their own imagery and spatial sense. In particular, Towson University Mathematics Department is revising the way it teaches geometry to prospective elementary and middle school teachers by infusing computing technologies in their mathematics content courses. The objective of the project is to establish a computer classroom to be used in this innovative geometry course for prospective teachers. Sixteen desktop computers with appropriate geometry software will be installed in a classroom. These computers will also be connected to the Internet so that the existing electronic materials may be fully utilized, including web-based materials we are developing. Additional laptop computers will allow instructor demonstration and students' sharing of their ideas in regular classrooms. Data will be collected to identify how and how often computing technologies are utilized in the geometry course. Course activities generated by our instructors will be available to other instructors at Towson and other institutions.