A workshop on Revitalizing Curricula via Symbolic Algebra
- To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
- Subject: A workshop on Revitalizing Curricula via Symbolic Algebra
- From: yoder at nextwork.rose-hulman.edu
- Date: Thu, 19 Mar 92 08:03:31 EST
AN NSF WORKSHOP FOR FACULTY WITH SYMBOLIC ALGEBRA EXPERIENCE Revitalizing the Engineering, Mathematics, and Science Curricula via Symbolic Algebra WHEN Monday, July 6 through Saturday, July 11, 1992 (Also to be offered in 1993 and 1994.) WHERE Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 5500 Wabash Avenue Terre Haute, IN 47803 STAFF Dr. Mark A. Yoder, Electrical Engineering, (812) 877-8291 Dr. Robert Lopez, Dept. of Mathematics, (812) 877-8396 COURSE DESCRIPTION This is a five-day workshop for faculty with previous exposure to computer algebra systems such as Maple or Mathematica. Faculty, drawn from engineering, science, and mathematics, will learn how to use computer algebra as an effective tool in teaching, revising curricula, and making the contents of their courses more conceptual. A participant will craft at least one instructional unit showcasing the utility of symbolic manipulation software. Participants will be shown examples of similar curricular improvements that have already been made at Rose-Hulman. In the interdisciplinary atmosphere of the workshop, participants will conceive, create, and critique units of their own. They will leave the workshop with a clear understanding of the potential for computer algebra to transform their own curricula. The course is taught in a laboratory equipped with NeXT workstations and Mathematica and Maple; participants are seated in front of their own workstation. PREFERRED BACKGROUND Fill-time or part-time engineering, mathematics, and science faculty members with previous symbolic algebra experience. Enrollment is limited to 30 participants who will be selected on the basis of topics they teach and their level of facility with a computer algebra system. COST Registration and room and board will be covered by NSF. The only participant cost is transportation to the workshop. CONTACT The course is part of the NSF Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement (UFE) Program. If you would like to attend, please contact Mark A. Yoder for more details. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 5500 Wabash Avenue Terre Haute, IN 47803 (812) 877-8291 (812) 877-3198 FAX mark.a.yoder at rose-hulman.edu