Professional Development Workshop for Raising Calculus to the Surface and The Vector Calculus Bridge Project

微积分浮出水面专业发展研讨会和矢量微积分桥项目

• 批准号: 1914631
• 负责人: Aaron Wangberg
• 金额: $ 6.3万
• 依托单位: Winona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-10-01 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1914631&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Professional; Development; Workshop; Raising; Calculus

Funded by the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) program, this faculty development workshop aims to increase faculty usage of new learning materials produced by two innovative projects that emphasize the geometric aspects of multi-variable and vector calculus. These projects, "Raising Calculus to the Surface" and "The Vector Calculus Bridge Project" also emphasize a learner-centered pedagogical approach. This three-day workshop will enable at least 24 university level mathematics faculty members to learn about the tools and pedagogy to support student learning of 3-dimensional calculus concepts. In the workshop, participants will also write materials for use in their classrooms. The geometric approach and small-group activities developed by the workshop organizers mesh well with the recommendations of the Mathematical Association of America's Curriculum Guide and its Instructional Practices Guide. In particular, since the workshop will be conducted by both mathematicians and physicists, the development of mathematical thinking and communication skills and the promotion of interdisciplinary cooperation will be featured. Features built into the "Raising Calculus to the Surface" materials encourage instructor adoption of these practices, and strong demand among instructors for the 3-dimensional surface manipulatives has previously been observed. An evaluation of the workshop will include surveying the participants and dissemination of the new materials.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该教师开发研讨会由改善本科STEM教育（IUSE）计划资助，旨在增加两个创新项目生产的新学习材料的教师使用，这些项目强调了多变量和矢量计算的几何方面。这些项目，“向表面提高微积分”和“矢量计算桥项目”也强调了以学习者为中心的教学方法。这个为期三天的研讨会将使至少24个大学数学教师能够了解工具和教学法，以支持学生学习三维演算概念的学习。在研讨会中，参与者还将写材料以供教室使用。研讨会组织者开发的几何方法和小组活动很好地与《美国数学协会》课程指南的建议及其教学实践指南。特别是，由于数学家和物理学家将进行研讨会，因此将介绍数学思维和沟通技巧的发展以及促进跨学科合作的发展。以前已经观察到，以前观察到，在“抬高的微积分到地面”材料鼓励教师采用这些做法，并且以前已经观察到了3维表面操纵的讲师需求的强劲需求。对研讨会的评估将包括对参与者进行调查和新材料的传播。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准的评估值得支持的。