Mathematicians from 25 cooperating liberal arts colleges in the Midwest will plan to develop a one year main stream calculus course. These colleges are members of the Great Lakes Colleges Association and the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. Their curriculum will stress: basic concepts; numeric and graphic experiments to better understand the power and limitations of technology; role that calculus played in changing people's world view; art of writing a deductive argument; applied mathematics as a creative modelling process. Outlines of teaching resources to create a lean and lively one year calculus courses will include: sequences of laboratory style problems; textbook type problems for computers/calculators; application modules; open ended problems; and historical vignettes.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE)
Type
Standard Grant (Standard)
Application #
8813914
Program Officer
Herbert Levitan
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1988-09-01
Budget End
1990-02-28
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1988
Total Cost
$62,650
Indirect Cost
Name
Macalester College
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Saint Paul
State
MN
Country
United States
Zip Code
55105