独立学院高等数学教学改革探讨

在分析了独立学院高等数学课程教学现状的基础上,首先论述了独立学院高等数学课程教学改革的必要性,然后提出了独立学院高等数学课程教学改革的措施.所得结论对改进目前独立学院高等数学课程教学,培养高素质应用型人才,有一定的借鉴意义.     

独立学院高等数学课程的几种分层次教学方案探讨

独立学院办学规模的快速扩张导致学生的数学素质参差不齐,给高等数学的教学带来新的挑战.在已有的分层次教学法的基础上,结合独立学院的实际情况,探讨了适合独立学院的按教学对象分层次、教学内容分层次和教学模式分层次的几种分层次教学方案.     

浅议独立学院高等数学教学——以情促学,以需导学

立足笔者教学实践,在分析独立学院学生学习心理及需求基础之上,针对高等数学学习现状与呈现的问题,探索"以情感交流促进教学,以需求引导提升学习"的高等数学教学模式.     

融合现代科技理论和方法，优化高等数学课程体系

科学技术在不段发展，而高等数学的课程体系却一成不变，造成了数学教学的相对落后．本文分析了高等数学课程现状，介绍了本校在高等数学课程体系优化过程中融合现代科技理论和方法的实践．以适应现代教育的需求和发展．     

高等数学教学方法的改革实践与回顾

高等数学在高校的课程体系中占有十分特殊的地位.高等数学的知识和方法,业已成为当代大学生知识、能力结构中不可或缺的重要组成部分.开展高等数学的教学改革,特别是开展教学内容、教学方法与学习方法的整合研究,是提高高等数学教学质量,实现高校人才培养战略目标的需要.     

高等数学教学改革研究进展

通过分析国内外高等数学教学改革研究历史与现状,阐明21世纪高等数学课程地位、作用和价值,及与21世纪相适应的高等数学教学改革意义、方向与方法.并结合个人教学实践分析、总结了具有代表性的高等数学教学理念、教学内容与课程体系、实践教学、计算机技术应用等方面改革成果与经验.最后对高等数学教学改革的继续深入和目前存在问题提出一些观点.     

独立学院高等数学教学的思考

随着近年来高校的进一步扩招,独立学院的学生素质越来越参差不齐.针对他们基本知识相对薄弱、学习主动性相对较差及因学习方法不当造成的学习效率低下等现状,本文从教学指导思想、教学目的、授课计划制定、课堂教学思路设计、课外辅导等多方面展开讨论,提出了独立学院高等数学教学的一套思路.     

注重应用实例提高高等数学课程的教学质量与效果

在高等数学理论体系中,绝大多数的定义、定理或性质与实际应用有关,而且在我们所能涉及的许多领域中都有着成功的应用.为适应高等数学课程体系改革的需要,进一步提高教学质量和教学效果,本文给出了根据不同知识点引入不同应用背景实例的方法,用于丰富和补充高等数学教学中的应用实例.     

专业大类教学模式下公共数学课程体系的改革与设计

高等数学课程对实现高校的人才培养目标起着十分重要的作用.在当前按照专业大类招生并组织教学的情况下,高等数学的课程教学遇到了前所未有的问题与挑战.总结近年来我校高等数学课程体系和教学内容改革的实践经验,重新设计了高等数学课程的体系(模块),提出了进行了相应教学内容改革的意见,形成了整体课改方案,并分析了本方案所具有的特色.     

用问题激发学生学习高等数学兴趣的研究

问题是激发学生学习高等数学兴趣的有效抓手.数学问题具有可接受性、障碍性和探究性的特征,可分为经典性问题、探索性问题和开放性问题.以问题为主线深化高等数学课程改革,必须在教学内容、课程体系、教学方法、教学手段等多方面着力,并要正确处理好问题与课程建设其它要素间的关系.     

SCHOOL OR COLLEGE MATHEMATICS AND WORKPLACE PRACTICE: AN ACTIVITY THEORY PERSPECTIVE

This paper reports on a case study in which we detail how a college mathematics and chemistry student struggles to make sense of the graphical output of an experiment in an industrial chemistry laboratory. The student's attempts to interpret unfamiliar graphical conventions are described and contrasted with those of college mathematics. Our analysis of this draws on activity theory to assist in understanding the position of the student in both the college and the workplace. This highlights the limitations of the experience of the student at college and we question how the mathematics curriculum might be adapted to assist students in making sense of workplace graphical output.     

关于高等数学课程分层次教学的实践与思考

高等数学在高校课程体系中具有十分重要的地位．在高等教育进入大众化教育阶段的背景下，本文介绍了我校高等数学课程分层次教学的改革实践与经验，阐述了该教学模式对提高学生的数学素质和对教学质量的作用，同时也指出了存在的主要问题．     

MENTAL CALCULATION STRATEGIES

In the light of new post-16 mathematics qualifications (Free Standing Mathematics Qualifications) and their associated curriculum innovation, we report a case study that illustrates how the implementation of new qualifications in a sixth form college affects a teacher's classroom practices and her students’ perceptions of, and attitudes to, mathematics. In discussing the background to, and context of, the curriculum development at the centre of this case study, we highlight the current importance of such innovation to policy makers who are seeking to develop this area of the mathematics qualifications framework. Our findings suggest that these new qualifications, as implemented in this particular case, can effect the changes that were originally desired. However, we conclude that there is a need for further substantial research that builds on this study if proposed changes to post-14 qualifications in mathematics are to be informed by knowledge of how such innovation may be successfully implemented more widely.     

论大学数学实验课的教学设计

数学既是演绎科学也是实验科学,大学数学实验体现了数学的教育价值.大学数学实验课的教学设计范式包括:基础实验式和综合实验式,基础实验式包括验证性实验式和计算性实验式,综合实验式包括探索性实验式(探究、猜想、模拟)和应用性实验式.针对不同的实验内容,采用不同的教学设计范式来提高大学数学实验课的教学效率.     

Elementary Preservice Teachers' Knowledge and Beliefs Regarding Science and Mathematics

The development of teacher education programs to better prepare elementary teachers requires an empirical base in which to anchor meaningful change. The research reported herein makes just such an effort. Preservice teachers' mathematics and science knowledge was measured as were their beliefs regarding instruction in these content areas. The results suggest that an increase in the number of college credit hours in science and mathematics content is less likely to effect necessary change than alteration of the methods and curriculum materials.     

Developing mathematical modelling skills: The role of CAS

Mathematical modelling as one component of problem solving is an important part of the mathematics curriculum and problem solving skills are often the most quoted generic skills that should be developed as an outcome of a programme of mathematics in school, college and university. Often there is a tension between mathematics seen at all levels as ‘a body of knowledge’ to be delivered at all costs and mathematics seen as a set of critical thinking and questioning skills. In this era of powerful software on hand-held and computer technologies there is an opportunity to review the procedures and rules that form the ‘body of knowledge’ that have been the central focus of the mathematics curriculum for over one hundred years. With technology we can spend less time on the traditional skills and create time for problem solving skills. We propose that mathematics software in general and CAS in particular provides opportunities for students to focus on the formulation and interpretation phases of the mathematical modelling process. Exploring the effect of parameters in a mathematical model is an important skill in mathematics and students often have difficulties in identifying the different role of variables and parameters This is an important part of validating a mathematical model formulated to describe, a real world situation. We illustrate how learning these skills can be enhanced by presenting and analysing the solution of two optimisation problems.     

A survey of advanced mathematics topics: a new high school mathematics class

The number of students pursuing undergraduate degrees in mathematics is decreasing. Research reveals students who pursue mathematics majors complained about inadequate high school preparation in terms of disciplinary content or depth, conceptual grasp, or study skills. Unfortunately, the decrease in the number of students studying advanced mathematics occurs at a time when the world's technological drive demands students have improved critical thinking and problem-solving skills. This paper suggests one solution for this alarming problem: a high school class offered to seniors as a means of preparing them for the rigours of college level mathematics while simultaneously increasing their motivation to pursue advanced mathematics. This paper provides the course scope, goals, structure, and analysis of how the curriculum aligns to professional standards. Although this programme has not currently been field tested, the authors are convinced of its impact. Once implemented and properly taught, the proposed Survey of Advanced Mathematics Topics class could increase the quantity and quality of students pursuing studies in mathematics at the university level.     

Reading mathematics for understanding—From novice to expert

As students progress through the college mathematics curriculum, enter graduate school and eventually become practicing mathematicians, reading mathematics textbooks and journal articles appears to become easier and leads to increased proficiency and understanding. This study was designed to begin to understand how mathematically more advanced readers read for understanding in mathematical exposition as it appears in textbooks compared to first-year undergraduate students. Three faculty members and three graduate students participated in this study and read from a first-year graduate textbook in an area of mathematics unfamiliar to each of them. The observed reading strategies of these more mathematically advanced readers are compared to observed reading strategies of first-year undergraduate students from an earlier study. The reading methods of the faculty level mathematicians were all quite similar and were markedly different from those that have been identified for undergraduate students, as well as from those used by the graduate students in this study. A Mathematics Reading Framework is proposed based on this study and previous research documenting the strategies that first-year undergraduate students use for reading exposition in their mathematics textbooks.     

Relationship Between Professional Development,Teachers' Instructional Practices,and the Achievement of Students in Science and Mathematics

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between different types of professional development, teachers' instructional practices, and the achievement of students in science and mathematics. The types of professional development studied included immersion, examining practice, curriculum implementation, curriculum development, and collaborative work. Data regarding teachers' instructional practices and the amount of professional development were collected using teacher surveys. Ninety‐four middle school science teachers and 104 middle school mathematics teachers participated in the study. Student achievement was measured using eighth grade state science and mathematics achievement test data. Regression analyses suggested that for both science and mathematics teachers, examining practice and curriculum development were significantly related to the use of standards‐based instructional practices. Only curriculum development for mathematics teachers was significantly related to student achievement. Implications of results for the professional development of science and mathematics teachers are discussed.