MathePraxis - connecting first-year mathematics with engineering applications

被引：9

作者：

Haerterich, Joerg ^{[1
]}

Kiss, Christine ^{[1
]}

Rooch, Aeneas ^{[1
]}

Moennigmann, Martin ^{[2
,3
,4
]}

Darup, Moritz Schulze ^{[5
]}

Span, Roland ^{[6
,7
,8
]}

机构：

[1] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Fak Math, D-44780 Bochum, Germany

[2] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Fak Maschinenbau, Lehrstuhl Regelungstech & Systemtheorie, D-44780 Bochum, Germany

[3] TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

[4] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Bochum, Germany

[5] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Fak Maschinenbau, Chair Syst Theory & Automat Control, Bochum, Germany

[6] Ruhr Univ Bochum, Fak Maschinenbau, Lehrstuhl Thermodynam, D-44780 Bochum, Germany

[7] ALSTOM Power, Dottingen, Switzerland

[8] Univ Paderborn, Thermodynam & Energy Technol, Paderborn, Germany

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION | 2012年 / 37卷 / 03期

关键词：

first-year students; mathematics; motivation; practical orientation; Segway; ribbed cooler; retention rates;

D O I：

10.1080/03043797.2012.681295

中图分类号：

G40 [教育学];

学科分类号：

040101 ; 120403 ;

摘要：

First-year engineering students often complain about their mathematics courses as the significance of the difficult and abstract calculus to their field of study remains unclear. We report on the project MathePraxis, a feasibility study which was designed as a means to give first-year students some impression about the use of mathematics in real practice. We aim to increase the motivation and retention rates among engineering students by connecting the contents of the first-year mathematics lectures with practical applications. We developed three projects, two of which are described in this article: an inverted pendulum considered as a model for the automated control within a Segway and a study on the optimal design of a ribbed cooler. In this article, we briefly present the mathematical content of the projects and report on their implementation.

引用

页码：255 / 266

页数：12

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