数学建模与数学实验课程的探索、实践与收获

介绍针对数学专业开设“数学建模与数学实验”课程的具体作法与实践,通过对学生的反馈调查以及学生的学习成果,展示开设该数学课程的具体收益.     

对数学文化课程的若干思考

在大学开设数学文化选修课已经逐步成为人们的共识,但在开设该课程的过程中还存在一系列的问题.本文根据多年的教学实践研究了数学文化的内涵,提出了数学文化课程的一种教学理念,分析了数学文化课程中存在的若干问题,并探讨了解决这些问题的设想.     

彰显个性打造精品--关于提高大学数学(非数学专业)教学质量的思考

1　改革开放以来大学数学 (非数学专业 )教学的成就和问题改革开放 2 0多年来 ,我国大学数学 (非数学专业 )教学取得很大的成就 .( 1 )十年动乱中 ,大学数学完全乱了套 .从小数、分数直到微积分都在大学课堂讲授 ;既有“一把大锉”的微积分 ,也有“典型产品带动”的数学 .80年代初 ,当务之急是拨乱反正 .规范了各类数学课程教学的基本要求 ,稳定了教学秩序 ;( 2 )从引进“数学建模竞赛”为切入点 ,举办讲习班、培训班 ,提倡和开设《数学建模》课程 ,促进了数学教学的改革 ,有意识培养学生应用数学知识分析和解决实际问题的能力 ,数学建模竞…     

西南联合大学数学系课程设置及启示

西南联大数学系的课程设置是保证其数学教育成功的重要因素之一.其课程开设的科学性和合理性对我国现在的高校数学系的教学有着重大的启示.应较多地为学生开设以新三高(抽象代数、泛函分析、拓扑)为中心的专业必修基础课程,开设门类较广且体现数学最新发展的选修课,此外还应开设一些人文课程.     

在大学数学中开设数学实验的实践研究

在大学数学中开设数学实验对学生学习数学知识、提高数学能力、培养数学思维意识及应用数学分析问题、解决问题都是十分必要的.在高等数学课中开设数学实验的实践研究过程中,得到一些收获和启示,对数学实验的教育教学功能做出认知与思维的心理学分析.     

关于工科数学教改中的数学实验

本文就开设数学实验课的必要性、作用和意义以及数学实验课与其它数学课之间的关系、如何开设数学实验课等问题进行讨论 .     

高等农业院校开设数学应用课程——“数学建模”的实践与体会

鉴于数学在农业应用方面不断普遍化、深入化,而农林院校在数学应用教育方面的落后,结合我校开设数学类应用课程的实践,具体探讨农业院校如何开设数学应用课程——"数学建模"的教学内容和教学方式,并分析了实际教学效果及对学生的影响.     

高师院校《常微分方程》教学改革初探

常微分方程是高等师范院校数学系开设的一门专业课程.通过该课程的学习,使学生能够掌握该课程的基本理论和方法,学习建立数学模型的思想方法,把数学理论和方法运用到解决实际问题中去,培养学生理论联系实际,分析问题解决问题的能力.本文从专业特色、教学方式、创新意识及从教技能四个方面对该课程进行了教学改革,实践证明,行之有效.     

山东科技大学数学系

<正> 山东科技大学数学系创办于上世纪70年代。1977年招收第一届数学专业本科生。1985年成立应用数学与软件工程系,并在数学专业基础上开设计算机软件专业。2000年成立山东科技大学信息科学与工程学院,内设数学、计算机、信息管理等系和数学、金融工程等研究所。经过二十余年的艰苦创业,信息科学与工程学院已发展成为多专业、多层次、综合实力较强、在国内有一定影响的学院,数     

概率论与数理统计实验课的探讨与实践

随着21世纪高等院校本科教学中教学内容、课程体系和人才培养模式的理论与实践研究的不断深化及课程建设的不断发展,各高校公共数学系列课相继开设了以应用计算机数学软件为主的数学实验课,实验课的开设改变了数学课一贯呆板的教学方式,为数学教学注入了新的内容,也为学生利用现代化工具解决数学问题、验证某些结论提供了有利的条件,减轻了数学课中不必要的大量的计算和学生记忆繁杂公式的负担.     

《数学物理方法》课程教改的探索与实践

随着我国科学技术的快速发展,对于理工科学生在数学基础和数学素养方面的要求越来越高.数学物理方法课程综合应用了各个数学分支的内容,是提升理工科本科学生应用数学能力的重要基础课程.本文以课程作用、课程安排以及教学内容的梳理改进为主线,介绍数学物理方法课程教改的思考与实践.     

Preservice teachers’ use of mathematics and science learning processes

Mathematics and science have similar learning processes (SLPs) and it has been proposed that courses focused on these and other similarities promote transfer across disciplines. However, it is not known how the use of these processes in lessons taught to children change throughout a preservice teacher education course or which are most likely to transfer within and between disciplines. Three hundred and ninety lesson plans written by 113 preservice teachers (PSTs) from 10 sections of an elementary mathematics/science methods course were analyzed. PSTs taught an eight‐lesson sequence to children: five science lessons followed by three mathematics lessons. The findings suggested that: (a) PSTs needed to only teach three mathematics lessons, after five science lessons, to reach the same number of SLPs used in the five science lessons; (b) some SLPs are highly correlated processes (HCPs) and are more likely to transfer within and between science and mathematics lessons; and (c) PSTs needed to teach no mathematics lessons, after four science lessons, to reach the same number of HCPs used in the four science lessons. Implications include centering courses on multiple and varied representations of learning processes within problem‐solving, and HCPs may be essential similarities of problem‐solving which promote transfer.     

Connecting Mathematics and Science in Undergraduate Teacher Education Programs: Faculty Voices from the Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation

The study reported in this paper investigated perceptions concerning connections between mathematics and science held by university/college instructors who participated in the Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation (MCTP), an NSF-funded program aimed at developing special middle-level mathematics and science teachers. Specifically, we asked (a) “What are the perceptions of MCTP instructors about the ‘other’ discipline?” (b) “What are the perceptions of MCTP instructors about the connections between mathematics and science?” and (c) “What are some barriers perceived by MCTP instructors in implementing mathematics and science courses that emphasize connections?” The findings suggest that the benefits of emphasizing mathematics and science connections perceived by MCTP instructors were similar to the benefits reported by school teachers. The barriers reported were also similar. The participation in the project appeared to have encouraged MCTP instructors to grapple with some fundamental questions, like “What should be the nature of mathematics and science connections?” and “What is the nature of mathematics/science in relationship to the other discipline?”     

Development and Implementation of an Integrated Mathematics/Science Preservice Elementary Methods Course

If integration of mathematics and science is to occur, teacher preparation programs at colleges and universities must provide leadership in developing and modeling methods of teaching integrated content. This paper describes the development and implementation of an integrated mathematics/science preservice elementary methods course at the University of Connecticut. In planning the course several questions were addressed: (a) What does integration of mathematics and science mean? (b) What content should be taught in an integrated mathematics/science (IM/S) elementary methods course? and (c) How should an IM/S elementary methods course be taught? An important element of the course involved enlisting an exemplary elementary teacher who was released from her classroom one day per week to co-teach the methods class. Establishing a definition of integration proved to be one of the most challenging aspects of course development. The authors determined that most difficulties in integration of disciplines result from attempts to “force” the integration. As the team struggled with the philosophical, theoretical and logistical problems in the development of the course, it became apparent why integration has not been more widely implemented. It is believed this model can be adapted to allow for integration of all content areas. Plans are currently underway to incorporate social studies into the methods class for Fall of 1993.     

Relationship Between Science and Mathematics Teaching Efficacy of Preservice Elementary Teachers

The purpose of this study was to investigate the change in teacher efficacy beliefs about mathematics and science teaching during participation in methods courses and student teaching, as well as the relationship between mathematics and science teaching efficacy. Data revealed that, as science and mathematics teacher education in a methods course progressed, science and mathematics teaching efficacy significantly increased. This effect appeared to decrease slightly by the end of student teaching. Analysis of data indicated a significant difference in both the personal mathematics and personal science teaching efficacy scores, as well as mathematics outcome expectancy. Additionally, preservice teachers' personal mathematics and science teaching efficacies were directly related, as were their mathematics and science teaching outcome expectancies.     

基于概念的数学系统及其结构

随着科学技术的发展，应用定量分析的数学方法已从自然科学发展到社会科学、思堆科学．为了处理这些问题的需要，许多学者建立了多种数学模型和数学方法，这些模型和方法都直接或间接地涉及到概念，因此归纳并研究基于概念的数学方法显得很有必要。本文应用系统的方法，尝试络出数学系境的概念，并建立了基于概念的数学系统及其结构的一般方法，期望更多的学者予以关注和研究。     

Using the Tower of Hanoi puzzle to infuse your mathematics classroom with computer science concepts

This article suggests that logic puzzles, such as the well-known Tower of Hanoi puzzle, can be used to introduce computer science concepts to mathematics students of all ages. Mathematics teachers introduce their students to computer science concepts that are enacted spontaneously and subconsciously throughout the solution to the Tower of Hanoi puzzle. These concepts include, but are not limited to, conditionals, iteration, and recursion. Lessons, such as the one proposed in this article, are easily implementable in mathematics classrooms and extracurricular programmes as they are good candidates for ‘drop in’ lessons that do not need to fit into any particular place in the typical curriculum sequence. As an example for readers, the author describes how she used the puzzle in her own Number Sense and Logic course during the federally funded Upward Bound Math/Science summer programme for college-intending low-income high school students. The article explains each computer science term with real-life and mathematical examples, applies each term to the Tower of Hanoi puzzle solution, and describes how students connected the terms to their own solutions of the puzzle. It is timely and important to expose mathematics students to computer science concepts. Given the rate at which technology is currently advancing, and our increased dependence on technology in our daily lives, it has become more important than ever for children to be exposed to computer science. Yet, despite the importance of exposing today's children to computer science, many children are not given adequate opportunity to learn computer science in schools. In the United States, for example, most students finish high school without ever taking a computing course. Mathematics lessons, such as the one described in this article, can help to make computer science more accessible to students who may have otherwise had little opportunity to be introduced to these increasingly important concepts.     

Preparing Middle Level Preservice Teachers to Integrate Mathematics and Science: Problems and Possibilities

Many members of the mathematics and science education community believe that the integration of mathematics and science enhances students' understanding of both subjects. Despite this belief, attempts to integrate these subjects have frequently been unsuccessful. This study examines the development and implementation of a team‐taught integrated middle level mathematics and science methods course. The data presented in this study were collected from three groups of preservice teachers who were enrolled in a grades 5–8 middle level teacher certification program in Connecticut from 1998–2000. The data analysis indicates that preservice teachers appreciated the emphasis on integration used in the course, but at the same time when concepts did not integrate easily they were frustrated. Despite this frustration, the preservice teachers' understanding of integration was enhanced as a result of the course.