Math Education at a Crossroads
Publication: Research - peer-review › Conference abstract for conference – Annual report year: 2008
With an enrollment of 550 students once a year the
first year course Math1 at the Technical University of Denmark
is one of the largest courses at university level in
Denmark.
Since its re-formation 6 years ago a number
of interesting valuable assets concerning
undergraduate math education in general have
emerged from that course.
This proposal is to share some of these assets
and to discuss the results and problems concerning
large scale and yet multifacetted reorganized
teaching of (worldwide standard) first year
undergraduate calculus and linear algebra
involving such commitment inducing bootstraps like:
1. Extensive integrated use of Maple for learning
and unfolding the curriculum
2. Project exercises concerning technology-close
applications
3. Constant and diverse crediting (buildup of
final grade by several subgrades)
In particular - as a focused case study - the present author
would like to share experiences from such a setting
concerning specifically the teaching and learning of
Gauss' divergence theorem and Stokes' theorem.
These beautiful and elegant results are much needed
for advanced calculus and physics and indeed, they ought to
generate and ignite the final fireworks and climax in every
first year calculus course worldwide.
The present proposal stems from some of the experiences and
work done by the author while he was part time
affiliated (20\%\) with the then newly
established LearningLab DTU at the Technical University
of Denmark during the fall semester of 2004 and
spring semester of 2005. For a thorough account
including supporting files, statements, and papers
please visit the following address:
http://www.learninglab.dtu.dk/projekter/frikoebsprojekter/MAT1.aspx
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Publication date | 2008 |
| State | Published |
Conference
| Conference | ICME 11 : Eleventh International Congress on Mathematical Education |
|---|---|
| Number | 11 |
| City | Monterrey, Mexico |
| Period | 01-01-08 → … |
Keywords
- First year University Mathematics, Curriculum research
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