Newton: An Interactive Environment For Exploring Calculus

牛顿：探索微积分的交互式环境

• 批准号: 9352839
• 负责人: Edmund Lamagna
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: University of Rhode Island
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-01-15 至 1995-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9352839&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Newton; Interactive; Environment; Exploring; Calculus

9352839 Lamagna A computational environment for students of calculus is being developed. The system, called Newton (formerly The Calculus Companion), runs on Macintosh computers and combines symbolic and numerical computation with interactive computer graphics. Formulas are easily edited and manipulated, appearing exactly as they do in textbooks; mathematical operations are selected from menus. Interactive dialogues have been constructed to guide students through important computational techniques. A series of discovery style laboratories are used to illustrate the concepts of calculus using the software. This approach enables students to concentrate on learning calculus, while freeing them from tedious and error-- prone calculations. Particular attention is given to the use of the system as a vehicle for creating interactive teaching materials, and to finding ways to exploit the advantages that this approach can have on student learning.

9352839 Lamagna正在开发用于微积分学生的计算环境。该系统称为牛顿（以前是微积分伴侣），在Macintosh计算机上运行，​​并将符号和数值计算与交互式计算机图形结合在一起。公式很容易编辑和操纵，完全像在教科书中一样出现；数学操作是从菜单中选择的。 已经构建了交互式对话，以指导学生通过重要的计算技术。一系列发现样式实验室用于使用该软件说明微积分的概念。这种方法使学生能够专注于学习微积分，同时使他们摆脱乏味和错误的计算。 特别注意将系统用作创建互动教材的工具，并找到方法来利用这种方法在学生学习中具有的优势。