Dynamic Algebra for Technical Students

该项目正在制作、实地测试、修订和传播一门新的大学代数课程，旨在满足学术目标并激发学生对高等技术教育（ATE）课程的兴趣。他们的目标是通过创建一门课程，为工作和未来的技术定量研究奠定坚实的基础，从而提高学生的成绩。本课程采用技术和应用/建模方法来涵盖大学代数的基本主题，以反映和符合大多数学院和大学的分班考试和衔接结构。本课程由一本教科书组成，包括传统的主题，但通过互联网提供了大量的额外材料。本课程的门户网站以网络作业为特色，允许学生观看技术人员工作的视频，并使用JAVA模拟从技术教育的四个领域之一探索问题：(a)生物技术和环境技术；(b)电信和半导体技术；(c)信息技术；(d)机械和制造技术。教师可以使用该网站为参加这些ATE领域课程的学生定制课堂作业和家庭作业。这些教材的内容、教学方法和格式是在MAA课程改革和头两年委员会（CRAFTY）的大学代数工作组以及来自技术客户学科和行业组织（如美国信息技术协会（ITAA））的代表的大量投入下设计的。在COMAP的其他ATE项目的基础上，他们正在研究技术工作环境，并帮助教师创建和整合来自先进技术领域的真实应用程序到他们的课程中。

This project is producing, field-testing, revising and disseminating a new College Algebra course designed to meet the academic goals and stimulate the interest of students in Advanced Technological Education (ATE) programs. Their goal is to increase student achievement for this student population by creating a course that builds a sound foundation for work and for future technical quantitative study. This course employs technology and an applied/modeling approach to cover essential topics in College Algebra in order to reflect and conform to placement testing and articulation structures at most colleges and universities.The course consists of a textbook, including traditional topics but with a significant amount of additional material delivered via the Internet. The web portal for this course features web assignments that allow students to see videos of technicians at work and explore problems using JAVA simulations from one of four areas of technical education: (a) Biotechnology and Environmental Technology; (b) Telecommunications and Semiconductor Technology; (c) Information Technology; and (d) Mechanical and Manufacturing Technology. Faculty members are able to use this site to customize both in-class and homework assignments for students enrolled in programs in these ATE areas. The content, pedagogy and format of these materials are being designed with substantial input from the College Algebra working group of the MAA Committee on Curriculum Reform and the First Two Years (CRAFTY) and representatives from both technical client disciplines and industry organizations, such as the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA). It is building on COMAP's other ATE projects where they are researching technical work environments and helping faculty create and integrate authentic applications derived from advanced technological areas into their courses.