Promoting Active Learning and Collaboration in Calculus with the Investigative Classroom

数学科学（21）.正在建立一个“调查教室”，为学生提供写作空间，个人访问互联网连接的计算机，合作工作的空间，并视觉访问一个智能板。这种方法融合了主动学习，学生之间的协作，教师领导的电子演示和最小量的讲课。相反，学习活动正在实施，利用各种面向应用的材料开发的微积分I和II在过去八年的主持下NSF和其他机构。在课堂上开始的合作，调查练习被用来产生长期的小组项目;和计算机代数系统，Maple，和TI-89计算器被用来作为辅助可视化和探索。

Mathematical Sciences (21). An "investigative classroom" is being established to give students writing space, personal access to Internet connected computers, space for collaborative work, and visual access to a SMART Board. The approach blends active learning, collaborative work among students, instructor led electronic demonstrations, and a minimal amount of lecturing. Instead learning activities are being implemented that exploit a variety of applications-oriented materials developed for calculus I and II over the last eight years under the aegis of NSF and other institutions. Collaborative, investigative exercises that start in class are used to generate longer-term group projects; and a computer algebra system, Maple, and the TI-89 calculator are used as aids to visualization and exploration.